Globalization and its discontents -- The dignity of difference : exorcizing Plato's ghost -- Control : the imperative of responsibility -- Contribution : the moral case for the market economy -- Compassion : the idea of tzedakah -- Creativity : the imperative of education -- Co-operation : civil society and its institutions -- Conservation : environmental sustainability -- Conciliation : the power of a word to change the world -- A covenant of hope
Summary
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks presents a proposal for reframing the terms of this important debate. The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it introduces a new paradigm into the search for co-existence. Sacks argues that we must do more than search for common human values. We must also learn to make space for difference, even and especially at the heart of the monotheistic imagination. The global future will call for something stronger than earlier doctrines of toleration or pluralism. It needs a new understanding that the unity of the Creator is expressed in the diversity of creation
Notes
"Revised with a new preface"--Front cover
"A Continuum book"--Title page verso
Previous edition: 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-216)
