Barbara Sundberg Baudot

Candles in the Dark: A New Spirit for a Plural World - Candles in the Dark Barbara Sundberg Baudot

Commendation Quotes: The great challenge facing us at the start of this millennium is to ensure that globalizaiton becomes a force that benefits all people, not a windfall that rewards only the privileged few.... It is my hope that this publication will serve as a source of inspiration to our efforts. Commendation Quotes: From the most favored and the lesser favored countries of the world and those people who tell of the common task of peace and well--being comes this wonderfully persuasive guide to a better life for all. Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsMessage from the Secretary General of the United NationsForewordA NEW SPIRIT FOR A PLURAL WORLDIntroductionPART ONE: THE NEED FOR A POLITICAL RENAISSANCEGlobal Ethics in a Plural WorldSecularism, Globalization, and the Role of the State: A Plea for RenewalRethinking the "Four Freedoms" for the Global CommunityWhat Can Be Wrong with Growth?PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES FROM RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONSBenedictine Spirituality: A Basis for Reevaluating Modern Development TrendsConfucian Humanism and the Western EnlightenmentEssence and Continuity of Life in the African SocietyReturn of the "Native"Unity Between the Values of Truth, Goodness, and BeautyPART THREE: INSIGHTS FROM ART, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURETowards NoosphereProgress: A Tale of Galoshes of Fortune and of a Shoe that FitsPhilosophical Reflection on the Path of ArtThe Dynamic Now - A Poet's CounselPART FOUR: VALUES FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETYThe Moral Power of the United NationsDevelopment Reflecting Human ValuesLanguage and the Human SpiritValues and Leadership in Managing High Performance Financial FirmsPrinciples in the Practice of Diplomacy: A Personal Experience in International AffairsEthics in Diplomacy: Crises of Conscience and Self-InterestEpilogueBiographical Note: Barbara Sundberg Baudot is a professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire; she has served in many capacities in the United Nations. The contributors represent a wide spectrum of scholarship, practical experience, and cultural histories, faiths, and philosophies, and include professors in various disciplines as well as practitioners in politics, public policy, diplomacy, development, and international business. Contributor Bio:  Baudot, Barbara Sundberg Barbara Sundberg Baudot is Research Associate and William R. Moomaw is Co-Director at the Global Development and Environment Institute, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Contributor Bio:  Havel, Vaclav Vaclav Havel was born in Czechoslovakia in 1936. His plays have been produced around the world, and he is the author of many influential essays and speeches on totalitarianism, dissent and democratic renewal. He was a founding spokesman for Charter 77, and served as president of the Czech Republic until 2003. He lives in Prague. "From the Hardcover edition."