Friday 20 August 2010

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Welcome, reader! Universalism is a political stance that I would like to see become popular around the planet. Let me explain briefly what it entails. The core tenets of this position really are quite simple.

The first starting position is that what enables people to interact together fruitfully in a society are shared values from which rules of behavior can be made and trusted in to be respected. Essentially, this means that society is a Moral construct, and as such the effects of policies must be anticipated and judged as to whether they erode the Moral capital of a society or not.

The second starting position is that as the world's societies become increasingly linked and integrated, the only viable path to order and peace is to identify universal values and primarily focus on these to generate policies acceptable to the greatest number, and so to reduce potential for conflict while augmenting the capacity for governance.

The third and last starting position of Universalism is that policies and decisions must be inspired by an empirical outlook, which is the only guarantee that we move towards universal values with any certainty, and efficiency. 

What is hoped will be achieved through the promotion of such a doctrine is a more secure world, in which humans find themselves and their needs at the heart of political considerations. It would enable consensus building over the jealous guardianship of partisan interest. It could serve as a basis to establish and develop peaceful relations between antagonistic cultures. And perhaps it could even lead humanity into political integration in order to arrive at a coherent level of global governance.

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