Society without God

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1Vector3 said Dec 5, 2008, 10:53 AM:

http://voyager.gaia.com/blog/2008/10/society_without_god

This blog plus comments, from Albert Klamt, presents various viewpoints on a topic rarely discussed: whether morality, ethics, and a society that works for everyone, is possible without a specifically religious foundation or orientation. And to what extent existing societies show the possibilities.

tags might include:
Nordic countries, religion, God, morality, ethics, society, well-being, Ken Wilber, Integral, Spiral Dynamics, Don Beck, Spiral Dynamics, Nick Drummond, Sam Harris, Phil Zuckerman, Integral, economics, D. H. Lawrence, Anais Nin, research, atheism, the movie Religulous, secularism, Cultural Creatives, population, integrity, fundamentalism, Israel, Henry Miller, sexuality, spirituality, Nelson Mandela, Europe, America, David Hawkins, integration, healthy development, economics, European Union, Lisbon goals, beliefs, amorality, liberty, Walter Kaufmann, leadership, evolution, transformation, Ayn Rand

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Blessings, OM Bastet