Priorities of Global Justice

One-third of all human deaths are due to poverty-related causes, to malnutrition and to diseases that can be prevented or cured cheaply. Yet our politicians, academics, and mass media show little concern for how such poverty might be reduced. They are more interested in possible military interventions to stop human rights violations in developing countries, even though such interventions – at best – produce smaller benefits at greater cost. This Western priority may be rooted in self-interest. But it engenders, and is sustained by, a deeply flawed moral presentation of global economic cooperation. The new global economic order we impose aggravates global inequality and reproduces severe poverty on a massive scale. On any plausible understanding of our moral values, the prevention of such poverty is our foremost responsibility.     

财富?责任?幸福的心理学观——首届中部心理学高峰论坛综述

在2011年11月18日至11月19日,首届中部心理学高峰论坛“心理学的社会使命：财富?责任?幸福”在华中师范大学举行。来自湖南、江西、河南、安徽、山西、湖北中部六省近200名专家学者在本次高峰论坛上进行学术交流和探讨。本次论坛紧紧围绕主题,就如何建设财富中部、责任中部、幸福中部以及开展心理学的科学研究,社会实践,提高人的心理素质等方面进行了深入的讨论和交流。论坛形成了基本共识,认为心理学研究的问题应主要来源于社会现实,其研究成果也应该应用和服务于社会现实。