On page 118, Ernst writes, “acknowledging difference in religious ethics will be a vital step in creating the conditions for a global civilization” with reference to a Euro-centric claim to a universality of ethics. Ernst also mentions that other religious traditions, as well as Islamic traditions, have prohibitions on “murder, theft, adultery, lying, and other crimes.” There is a sort of interesting contradiction here. Do you agree that acknowledging differences in religious ethics will help to create a civilization in which all people can live at peace? Do you disagree with him and believe there is a valid universal code of ethics? What do you think that code is? What would it have to be if we lived in a totally peaceful and ethical society?