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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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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/09/2015
      ISBN13: 9780295998848, 978-0295998848
      ISBN10: 0295998849

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      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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