The Purpose of Justice
As understood by the world’s sacred traditions, justice is the embodiment of divine order on earth. Justice opens hearts, reveals secrets of the soul, prepares [...]
A Prerequisite to Justice
A human rights approach plays an effective role in establishing justice as the framework for human relationships. This maintains “rights” for all human beings while [...]
Justice Evolves, Too
The Golden Rule, a foundation and framework for a principle of justice that is universally shared, expresses the deepest aspirations of humanity: “the sum of all [...]
The Psychology of Humanity’s Collective Evolution
Evidence of a pattern in our collective evolution toward a global consciousness is seen in a thread running throughout the field of psychology. Wilhelm Wundt, [...]
Humanity’s 3rd Phase of Collective Evolution
Out of necessity for our collective survival, we are now in the midst of the third phase of our collective evolution, a slow but inevitable [...]
Humanity’s 2nd Phase of Collective Evolution
The second phase in our cultural evolution began as societies became more complex, with different cultures interacting and experiencing conflict with each other. Humanity’s original [...]
Humanity’s 1st Phase of Collective Evolution
The entire history of cultural evolution can be seen, from a distance, as a process consisting of three essential phases: moving from unity to plurality [...]
The Balancing Forces of Evolution
Earlier in history, when cultural groups were isolated from one another, they were better able to maintain their own traditions, beliefs, and values. Though there [...]
Is Cultural Evolution Random or Purposeful?
Though differences exist between the cultures of the world, to place one above or below any of the others for any reason would create an [...]
Culture is a Catalyst to the Evolution of Consciousness
Culture is like an organism that grows from a simple state to a complex system. Culture is so basic to human life, so all-pervasive, that, [...]