4. CROSS-SYNTHESIS OF THE VALUES,
CULTURE, ART, EDUCATION AND SOCIETY POLE (VCAESP)
4.2 MOST FAVOURABLY EVALUATED PROPOSALS
VCAESP I. On some Fundamental
Notions
VCAESP.01. Necessity for change is a responsible
act: A system that recommends materialism as the only alternative
by encouraging social egoism is no longer viable. Changing and bringing
the values of “life” (love, solidarity, compassion,
respecting differences) back to the foreground are vital notions.
(35.03.)
VCAESP.02. Initiate reflection on notions of power:
Money, political power, etc. are no longer enough to turn a country
or an individual into a unit of power. (35.04.)
VCAESP.03. Culture. We should consider that in
every culture there are three distinct levels that are, however,
articulated: the fundamental values, the institutions that articulate
these values and the concrete practice. (03.02.)
VCAESP.04. Cultural diversity. We should take up
the most adequate model, which is called “A world that includes
many worlds”, ruling out the other two possibilities: “One
monochromatic world” or “One colourful world”,
because we feel that the point is not manage to get harmony despite
our differences, but because of our differences. (03.03.)
VCAESP.05. Pluralism. We should develop the notion
of pluralism as a dynamic balance between an isolating plurality
and a uniformizing unity, refusing both the reduction of cultural
diversity to universal parameters and the dismantling relativism,
by means of developing a radical relativity that takes into account
the cultural text as well as its pre-text and context. (03.04.)
VCAESP.06. Integrate the notion of “sustainability”
in changes that have been initiated: As actors on today’s
stage, our first responsibility is to envisage our action on the
basis of consequences to past experiences and to show any possible
consequences for the generations to come. Prudence is therefore
an essential principle to be respected. (35.02.)
VCAESP.07. Problems and solutions in perpetual
movement: In our approach to developing observations or actions,
we must integrate the non-static aspect of events and, because of
this, be neither ashamed not frightened of changing course. (35.10.)
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