Message from the Secretary General of the United Nations / Kofi A. Annan
Introduction / Barbara Sundberg Baudot
Pt. I. Need for a Political Renaissance
Ch. 1. Global Ethics in a Plural World / Nitin Desai
Ch. 2. Secularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for Renewal / Richard Falk
Ch. 3. Rethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global Community / Ruud Lubbers
Ch. 4. What Can Be Wrong With Growth? / Peter Marris
Pt. II. Perspectives from Religious and Philosophical Traditions
Ch. 5. Benedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modern Development Trends / John R. Fortin
Ch. 6. Confucian Humanism and the Western Enlightenment / Tu Weiming
Ch. 7. Essence and Continuity of Life in the African Society / Thomas Odhiambo
Ch. 8. Return of the "Native" / Muhammad Suheyl Umar
Ch. 9. Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty / Tomonobu Imamichi
Pt. III. Insights from Art, Language and Literature
Ch. 10. Towards Noosphere / Vyacheslav Ivanov
Ch. 11. Progress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that Fits / Barbara Sundberg Baudot
Ch. 12. Philosophical Reflection on the Path of Art / Noriko Hashimoto
Ch. 13. Dynamic Now - A Poet's Counsel / Allison W. Phinney
Pt. IV. Values for a Global Society
Ch. 14. Moral Power of the United Nations / Jacques Baudot
Ch. 15. Development Reflecting Human Values / Robert E. Gamer
Ch. 16. Language and the Human Spirit / Vigdis Finnbogadottir and Birna Arnbjornsdottir
Ch. 17. Values and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial Firms / Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter
Ch. 18. Principles in the Practice of Diplomacy: A Personal Experience in International Affairs / Giandomenico Picco
Ch. 19. Ethics in Diplomacy: Crises of Conscience and Self-Interest / Princeton N. Lyman.
Message from the Secretary General of the United Nations / Kofi A. Annan
Introduction / Barbara Sundberg Baudot
pt. I. The Need for a Political Renaissance
Ch. 1. Global Ethics in a Plural World / Nitin Desai
Ch. 2. Secularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for Renewal / Richard Falk
Ch. 3. Rethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global Community / Ruud Lubbers
Ch. 4. What Can Be Wrong With Growth? / Peter Marris
pt. II. Perspectives from Religious and Philosophical Traditions
Ch. 5. Benedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modern Development Trends / John R. Fortin
Ch. 6. Confucian Humanism and the Western Enlightenment / Tu Weiming
Ch. 7. Essence and Continuity of Life in the African Society / Thomas Odhiambo
Ch. 8. Return of the "Native" / Muhammad Suheyl Umar
Ch. 9. Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty / Tomonobu Imamichi
pt. III. Insights from Art, Language and Literature
Ch. 10. Towards Noosphere / Vyacheslav Ivanov
Ch. 11. Progress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that Fits / Barbara Sundberg Baudot
Ch. 12. Philosophical Reflection on the Path of Art / Noriko Hashimoto
A Poet's Counsel / Allison W. Phinney
pt. IV. Values for a Global Society
Ch. 14. The Moral Power of the United Nations / Jacques Baudot
Ch. 15. Development Reflecting Human Values / Robert E. Gamer
Ch. 16. Language and the Human Spirit / Vigdis Finnbogadottir and Birna Arnbjornsdottir
Ch. 17. Values and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial Firms / Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter
Ch. 18. Principles in the Practice of Diplomacy: A Personal Experience in International Affairs / Giandomenico Picco
Ch. 19. Ethics in Diplomacy: Crises of Conscience and Self-Interest / Princeton N. Lyman.
