A collection of essays that share a sense of the importance of introducing ethical and spiritual concepts and values into the public discourse on progress and globalization issues. They offer an approach to international relations and public policy that esteems the human spirit and dignity as central values in decision making.
A collection of essays that share a sense of the importance of introducing ethical and spiritual concepts and values into the public discourse on progress and globalization issues. They offer an approach to international relations and public policy that esteems the human spirit and dignity as central values in decision making.
Barbara Sundberg Baudot is a professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire; she has served in many capacities in the United Nations. The contributors represent a wide spectrum of scholarship, practical experience, and cultural histories, faiths, and philosophies, and include professors in various disciplines as well as practitioners in politics, public policy, diplomacy, development, and international business.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Message from the Secretary General of the United Nations Foreword A NEW SPIRIT FOR A PLURAL WORLD Introduction PART ONE: THE NEED FOR A POLITICAL RENAISSANCE Global Ethics in a Plural World Secularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for Renewal Rethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global Community What Can Be Wrong with Growth? PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES FROM RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS Benedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modern Development Trends Confucian Humanism and the Western Enlightenment Essence and Continuity of Life in the African Society Return of the "Native" Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty PART THREE: INSIGHTS FROM ART, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Towards Noosphere Progress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that Fits Philosophical Reflection on the Path of Art The Dynamic Now - A Poet's Counsel PART FOUR: VALUES FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY The Moral Power of the United Nations Development Reflecting Human Values Language and the Human Spirit Values and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial Firms Principles in the Practice of Diplomacy: A Personal Experience in International Affairs Ethics in Diplomacy: Crises of Conscience and Self-Interest Epilogue
Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Message from the Secretary General of the United Nations Foreword A NEW SPIRIT FOR A PLURAL WORLD Introduction PART ONE: THE NEED FOR A POLITICAL RENAISSANCE Global Ethics in a Plural World Secularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for Renewal Rethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global Community What Can Be Wrong with Growth? PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES FROM RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS Benedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modern Development Trends Confucian Humanism and the Western Enlightenment Essence and Continuity of Life in the African Society Return of the "Native" Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty PART THREE: INSIGHTS FROM ART, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Towards Noosphere Progress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that Fits Philosophical Reflection on the Path of Art The Dynamic Now - A Poet's Counsel PART FOUR: VALUES FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY The Moral Power of the United Nations Development Reflecting Human Values Language and the Human Spirit Values and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial Firms Principles in the Practice of Diplomacy: A Personal Experience in International Affairs Ethics in Diplomacy: Crises of Conscience and Self-Interest Epilogue
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