Inclusive Values and the Righteousness of Life: The Foundation of Global Solidarity |
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Authors: | W Julian Korab-Karpowicz |
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Institution: | (1) Kyung Hee University, The School of International Studies, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Republic of Korea;(2) Anglo-American University, Lazenska 4, 118 Praha 1, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Many scholars have argued that unity of humankind can be established on the basis of some basic or core human values. Instead
of engaging in a comparative empirical research, compiling lists of core values derived from different cultures, discuss their
relevance for human fellowship, I examine the simple values of life that during the 1980s united people in Poland and made
them to form the powerful civic movement, which was Solidarity. Today we live in a world that is fundamentally different from
that before 1989. We are no longer divided by a global ideological struggle between communism and liberal democracy. The key
issue today is not a bipolar division but globalization. My thesis is today we need a new Global Solidarity and that this
movement can take lessons from Poland’s Solidarity. It should not be grounded in any ideology, but in inclusive values that
do not divide but can potentially unite all human beings, and these can be derived from basic human needs. In short, Global
Solidarity should be based on what I call the “righteousness of life.” It can be achieved if there is a growing recognition
of what is right for life and a growing interest in protecting and enhancing life. |
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