Candles in the Dark: A New Spirit for a Plural World

Table of Content

'rABU Of CONUNTS Acknowledgments ............ Notes on Contributors .. Message from the Secretary General of the United Nations... . ..................... Kofi A. Annan Foreword.............................................. Vaclav Havel A NEW SPIRrt FOR. A PlURAL WORLD Introduction ............. ..................... Barbara Sundberg Baudot The Ethical and Moral Dimension..... The Spiritual Dimension....... . Organization of the Book ..... PAIn h 'fHE NEED fOR A POlrtlCAl ..........xiii ......... xvi ..........xviii ...... xix ... 3 ... 9 .12 18 RENAIssANCE ............................................................ .... 19 Chapter 1: Global Ethics in a Plural World.... .27 Nitin Desai A Loss of Faith ............................ . ................28 The Need For a Global Ethic........ . .......... 32 The Dialogue of Cultures ............ . ............37 An Ordered Pluralism ............................................... .40 vi CONTENTS Chapter 2: Secularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for RenewaL. ...47 Richard Falk Points of Departure ... .......... .47 The Initial West European Embrace of Secularism ...... 52 The MarxistlLeninist Challenge to Liberal Secularism .. Non-Western Adaptations of Secularism.. The Relevance of Globalization. .... Is There a Future for the Western Secular State?. Toward a Reconstructed Secularism ... . ................ 55 55 57 .... 60 .... 61 Chapter 3: Rethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global Community .........67 Ruud Lubbers The "Four Freedoms"...67 The "Four Freedoms" in World War II.. ... 68 The "Four Freedoms" Fifty Years Later.. ... 70 The "Four Freedoms" in the Future.. . . .73 Values that Sustain the "Four Freedoms".. ........... 78 Conclusion. .......... 80 Chapter 4: What Can Be Wrong With Growth? ...83 Peter Marris The Ideology of Economic Growth. . .. 83 The Importance of Meaning. .................... 87 Attachment and Meaning.. . ... 89 Attachment and the Ideology of Development........... 92 Reconciling Attachment and Growth .. ....... 95 vii CONTENTS PAIn Ut PEIlSnCflVES FIlOM IlEUG10US AND .HllOSO.H1CAl 'rRADrrlONS ............................................... .................. .....99 Chapter 5: Benedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modem Development Trends.. 107 John R. Fortin, O.S.B. Introduction..................... . ........ 107 Culture of Comfort and the Call to Stewardship................................... .... 111 Technological Progress and the Abbey Artisans. .................................................. ..114 IndividualRights and Living in the Presence of God................ ........ ............. . ..... 117 Conclusion ......... .. ...... ..... ..... ............. ...... 118 Afterword. ............................................................. .... 119 Chapter 6: Confucian Humanism and the Western Enlightenment..... ................................................123 Tu Weiming Chapter 7: Essence and Continuity of Life in the African Society ...................................................................137 Thomas Odhiambo Africa's Place in the Evolution of Human Knowledge................................................................ 139 The Nature of the Supreme Being .......... ............ 143 Human Nature............................................................ 145 Continuity of Life...................................................... 147 Nature and Human Destiny ........................................ 149 Conclusion ............................................................... 151 Chapter 8: Return of the "Native"........... ............................157 Muhammad Suheyl Umar viii CONTENTS Chapter 9 : Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and B e a u t y . . . ... 165 Tomonobu Imamichi PArrr JUt Prologue... "Truth" in Greek Philosophy .. Koto, Object or Situation.. .... 165 .... 167 . ................ 170 "Truth" in the Japanese language... ....................... 171 "Truth"-a State of Perfection... .... 172 Axiological Trinity.. .. .. 174 The Task of Philosophy in the 21st Century... .... 176 lNSlGH'fS fROM AR'f# LANGUAG£ AND lff£RA'fUR£ ..... 181 Chapter 10: Towards Noosphere.. ....... 187 Vyacheslav Ivanov Chapter 11: Progress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that Fits.. .205 Barbara Sundberg Baudot . .209 Why the Shoe Pinches... Making the Shoe Fit. .. .............. 215 Conclusions .. ........218 Chapter 12: Philosophical Reflection on the Path of Art.. . .............................. 223 Noriko Hashimoto The Path of Art-Geido . ...... .226 Imitation of the Ideal Technique of the Master ......227 Path with Way as Nature. Spirit and the Value Transcending Death . Final Word.... .........228 ..... 230 .... 234 ix CONTENTS Chapter 13: The Dynamic Now-A Poet's CounseL.....237 Allison W. Phinney A Poet's Passion and the Human Spirit ................... 238 Pragmatic Effects of the Erosion of Spirit.. ......241 Uprising for the Sake of Humanity.. ........242 "Something .. .is Being Born" ... .... ........246 "On that 'Yes' the World Depends" ...........248 PAIn lVt VAlUcS FOR. A GLOBAL SOClc'n ........................................253 Chapter 14: The Moral Power of the United Nations......261 Jacques Baudot Intellectual Rigor............................ ... ................... .263 Ethical Clarity.. ......................... ..............................266 Political Imagination ...............................................270 Chapter 15 : Development Reflecting Human Values....................................... ..................279 Robert E. Gamer Addressing Individual Needs...................................282 Wisdom in Assessing of Personal Environments.......284 Approaches to Personal Environments....... ..........286 Rethinking Development Projects ...........................287 Conclusion..............................................................290 Chapter 16: Language and the Human Spirit .....................295 Vigdis Finnbogad6ttir and Birna Arnbjornsd6ttir The Value of Linguistic and Cultural Diversity......... 296 Languages Under Threat .......................................... 302 The Death Process of a Language.............................304 Language Preservation ............................................. 305 Final Word ............................................................... 309 x CONTENTS Chapter 17: yalues and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial Firms...........................313 Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter Ethics and Professional Standards in the Securities Industry. .................................................... ...... 316 Frauds and Deceptions... ............................. ... ...320 Reasons for Unethical Conduct ...............................324 Adequacy of Laws and Regulations................ ..327 Revisiting Ethical and Professional Values .............. 328 Chapter 18: Principles...