It is imperative to move beyond Left and Right political labels, as Giddens (1994) pointed out thirty years ago. To base the political division of the world’s future on ideological standpoints of left or right is senseless. From the left, right, or in the name of God, human history shows the horror of political atrocities against […]
Utopian and Strategic Planning for Development and Change
- February 9, 2023
- Business, Development, Economics, Education, Essay, Philosophy, Planning, Social Philosophy, Sociology
The purely expansionist ‘realistic’ strategic planning model typifies today’s society and causes an anti-climax in planning, turning it into a simple matter of forecasting, systematic organization, and the subordination of desirable human goals to foreseeable economic development. Does strategic planning make all the right moves? The concept of development has been used in economics, […]
Pandemics, Leadership, and Social Ethics
- October 10, 2020
- Economics, Education, Ethics, Health, Pandemics, Politics, Psychology, Sciences, Social Philosophy
This Viewpoint argues that the absence of worldwide social ethics is at the root of our present social, political, and economic crises. More to the point, the current COVID- 19 pandemic is, in part, a consequence of insufficient scientific research, inappropriate education systems, and globally fragile health structures and human services. The COVID-19 pandemic we […]