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"The Value of Values to Build a World for the Common Good"
A Keynote Lecture by Prof. Kamran Mofid
London School of Economics
Wednesday 20 May at 7.00pm
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Economics, Globalisation and the Common Good: A Lecture at LondonSchool of Economics
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“Where education was meant to open many kinds of doors, it now is focused on opening only one door: the door that leads to money. As we have expanded the group entitled to an education, we have shrunk the goals of education.”
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In early 2011 I posted a Blog Why Happiness Should be Taught at Our Universities where I highlighted the need for academic institutions to consider teaching modules on the art of happiness, on how to lead a good, worthwhile and enriching life. I then followed this by many other Blogs, such as the ones noted below, addressing the different aspects of the same subject, life’s bigger picture and profound questions, whilst showing how financial considerations alone are impacting education provision in today’s world.
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Dear Friends,
Happy children, happy youth and young adults: our future leaders, our hope for a better future, a better world. We must nurture in them the joy of life, the mystery and the wonders of life’s journey, the universe, the environment, ecology, the nature and Mother Earth. We owe it to them, to provide them with the best possible education, the wisest teachers and instil in them the best values to sustain them in their lives, making them leaders to fight for, and to take action, in the interest of the common good, building a world of peace, justice, harmony, sustainability, and prosperity for all, and not the few, as it is currently the case.
Think about it, as the legendary- “Earth scholar”- Thomas Berry had reminded us the universe is, ‘the only self-referential reality in the phenomenal world. It is the only text without context. Everything else has to be seen in the context of the universe’.
Furthermore, Berry drwas our attention to the significance of story, and in particular the universe as story. ‘The universe story is the quintessence of reality. We perceive the story. We put it in our language, the birds put it in theirs, and the trees put it in theirs. We can read the story of the universe in the trees. Everything tells the story of the universe. The winds tell the story, literally, not just imaginatively. The story has its imprint everywhere, and that is why it is so important to know the story. If you do not know the story, in a sense you do not know yourself; you do not know anything."
Please see more below and if you agree with what you read, then, contact me. Share your vision, insight, and experience with me. Together, we can, and we will, co-create the beautiful world and the life we are all imagining. We must not let our children down!
- In Praise of ‘Enoughness’ and 'Lagomist' Economy
- Policies must be for the common good- Lord Harries of Pentregarth
- Policies must be for the common good- Lord Harries of Pentregarth (2)
- Policies must be for the common good- Lord Harries of Pentregarth
- Prof. Mofid to Speak at the 5th International Conference on Integrating Spirituality and Organizational Leadership (ISOL) in Chicago