Introduction : global water ethics : towards a water ethics charter / Rafael Ziegler and David Groenfeldt -- A brief history of efforts to articulate global water ethics / Susan Lea Smith -- What is water ethics and to what end do we study it? : lessons for the water ethics charter / Simon Meisch -- Beyond general principles : water ethics in a Deweyan perspective / Martin Kowarsch -- Incorporating ethics into water decision-making / David Groenfeldt -- Transcending water conflicts : an ethics of water cooperation / Angela Kallhoff -- Safe, just and sufficient space : the planetary boundary for human water use in a more-than-human world / Rafael Ziegler, Dieter Gerten and Petra Döll -- The relevance of ethical factors in the pursuit of integrated water resources management / Maite Aldaya, Pedro Martínez-Santos and Ramon Llamas -- A hierarchy of water needs and their implications for allocation mechanisms / Eran Feitelson -- Reflections on water ethics and the human right to water in Khayelitsha, South Africa / Lucy Rodina -- An eco-centric water allocation across competing demands in an arid inland river basin of Northwest China / Jie Liu and Xiang Huang -- Water, virtue ethics and traditional ecological knowledge in Rajasthan : Anupam Mishra and the rediscovery of water traditions / Ricki Levi and Daniel Mishori -- I yá.axch'age? (Can you hear it?) or, marrying the water : a Tlingit and Tagish approach towards an ethical relationship with water / Eleanor Hayman with Colleen James, Mark Wedge and David Katzeek -- Developing an ecumenical framework for water justice / Susan Lea Smith -- Developing a global water ethics charter / David Groenfeldt -- The Berlin Water Charter : water ethics from an activist's viewpoint / Dorothea Härlin -- Water ethics and water stewardship : personal reflections / Adrian Sym