Spiritual And Moral Ethics Conference Held in Malaysia

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Spiritual And Moral Ethics Conference Held in Malaysia

Source: New Straits Times Berhad

 

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, November 19, 2002: Some of the world's leading

thinkers on globalization, philosophers and interfaith communicators came

together at a conference in Genting Highlands, November 25 to 27.

Participants in the three-day meeting, entitled "The Challenge of

Globalization: Towards a Shared Universal Spiritual and Moral Ethic,"

included former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, Indian Hindu

intellectual and social reformer Swami Agnivesh, globalization critic

Richard Falk of the United States and former United Nations General Assembly

president Tan Sri Razali Ismail. Just World Trust (JUST) president Dr.

Chandra Muzaffar told a press conference that the conference was necessary

to raise awareness and examine how globalization was threatening values,

ethics and spirituality. "Time honored values are being eroded. Individual

values are being shaped entirely by market forces, which is not healthy at

all." JUST hopes that the conference and post-conference programs will help

produce an action plan for workable programs that intellectuals, religious

leaders of different faiths and grassroots organizations will be able to

implement.

 

 

 

 

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