%0 Journal Article %T PELA PAR¨¢BOLA DO BOM SAMARITANO: UMA ¨¦TICA GLOBAL %A SILVEIRA DE BRITO %A JOS¨¦ HENRIQUE %A BORGES DE MENESES %A RAMIRO DELIO %J Theologica Xaveriana %D 2010 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X from the starting point of a consensus on global ethics, it is wondered which are the conditions for such ethics, based on the good samaritan parable. (luke 10, 25-37). in the context of this parable we can identify the necessary elements in order to define a global ethics, regarding also the thought of the philosophers levin¨¢s and cortina, which serves as a basis for a phenomenological reading of the parable. this way, new conceptualizations about life styles can be made, lifestyles represented by the different characters that play a role in the parable, whether real or fictional. thus, we confirm the existence of a relation between global ethics and the parable, because the later is proposed a an ethics of maxims, from neo- testamentaryaretology to the axiological visualization leading the way to the affirmation of an eschatological life also initiated in the earthly life. %K parable of the good samaritan %K global ethics %K quality of life %K levin¨¢s and cortina. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-36492010000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en