tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post4588063720362886642..comments2023-08-31T15:14:58.287-07:00Comments on London Green Left Blog: Discussion: For Saving the Earth We Need to Tell the Whole Truth: An Ecosocialist's Response to Richard SmithMike Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-70825007454930375272017-12-04T13:02:48.071-08:002017-12-04T13:02:48.071-08:00As pressing as these concerns are, they are sympto...As pressing as these concerns are, they are symptoms of a fundamental malaise in contemporary society, with elements - vested interests, nations, governments, enterprises and individuals - all too often trying to maintain the status quo, or solve these issues using ideas and perspectives born of national, partisan and economic interests, while the scale and complexity of the problems facing the world have advanced so rapidly as to outstrip these means of resolution.<br /><br />What is required is a fundamental reconstruction of global society and the moral and ethical values needed to propagate and sustain the changes required, otherwise we will slip back all too quickly and become embroiled in conflict and more.<br /><br />Without wishing to presume on any belief or sentiments, two statements from the Baha'i writings stand for me as seminal in the search for new moral directions:<br /><br />"The world is one country and mankind its citizens."<br /><br />"Regard one another as a brother, a sister, a father, a mother, and you will know what to do."<br /><br />If not these standards, then what?Charles Boylenoreply@blogger.com