Abstract
The human community faces today the most serious challenges ever to have confronted the planet in the areas of health, environment, and security. Science and technology are essential for responding to these challenges. More is needed, however, because science is not equipped to deal adequately with the values dimensions and the political issues that accompany the challenges. For an adequate response, there must be cooperative effort by scientists and statespersons, informed for moral leadership by the religious wisdom that is available. The religious communities can provide this spiritual dimension, thereby fulfilling their traditional role, but it will require their coming to terms with the character of the scientific and technological base of contemporary culture. The paper lays the conceptual groundwork for understanding these issues.
Keywords
anthropology, biocultural evolution, global morality, science, moral leadership, religion
How to Cite
Katz, S., (1999) “Toward a New Concept of Global Morality”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 34(2), 237–254. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00209
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