No Distinction

David | September 19, 2009

The Golden Rule, in its highest form, makes no distinction between people and the world we live in. Neither should we.

Barack Obama – How Will We Respond?

David | June 9, 2009

How will we respond to the opportunity embodied in Barack Obama’s emphasis of the Golden Rule in his speeches, and indeed in his exemplification of it in his efforts to open a new global dialogue?

The Web of Life

David | May 14, 2009

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand of it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves..- Chief Seattle 1786 – 1866

Declaration Toward a Global Ethic

David | March 25, 2009

The Global Ethic Foundation, based in Tubingen, Germany is an organization dedicated to the promotion of global peace and understanding. It’s the brainchild of Dr. Hans Kung and Count K.K. von der Groeben. One of the projects of the foundation is a Declaration Toward a Global Ethic. The Table of Contents of the Declaration are:

A.

Introduction

B.

The Principles [...]

Opiate of the Masses

David | March 7, 2008

(The following article was written in early 2006 and is reposted here on the latest incarnation of the GRR blog.)
Religion is the opiate of the masses.

You may have heard that quote from Karl Marx. Would it surprise you to learn that in that same work, Marx also called religion the “heart of a heartless world“?
Marx’ [...]

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