The Need for a Common Perspective
That we need a planetary ethic is so obvious that I need but list a few key words: climate, ethnic cleansing, fossil fuels, habitat preservation, human rights, hunger, infectious disease, nuclear weapons, oceans, ozone layer, pollution, population. Our global conversations on these topics are, by definition, cacophonies of national, cultural, and religious self-interest. Without a common religious orientation, we basically don't know where to begin, nor do we know what to say or how to listen, nor are we motivated to respond.
Notes:
We need a singular vision based on reality in order to come to consensus and overcome our political and ideological differences.
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The Sacred Depths of Nature