THEMES AND QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE, PROGRAMME OF WORK, and BACKGROUND NOTE THEMES AND QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE Theme 1: Do secular liberal democracies need to redefine their relations with religions, and/or with the spiritual realm? Among the issues that could be…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE, OUGNY, FRANCE, 30JUNE/1JULY 2007 The choice of this subject for debate -"secularism, ethics and politics"- and the formulation of the agenda were based on a fact and on three judgments. The observable fact was the political visibility and…
Kant on Perpetual Peace and Globalization By Barbara Baudot If Emmanuel Kant were with us to commemorate this 200th anniversary of his death, would he be impressed by our current world’s material and technological achievements? Would he look kindly…
November 2006 Symposium on the United Nations The United Nations and three challenges of the 21stcentury”: peace and security, the protection and promotion of human rights, and the reduction of poverty There is little doubt that the world scene has…
CERCLE TRIGLAV Réunion des 10 et 11 Juin 2006, a Ougny, France Des styles de vie plus simples: utopie ou projet politique réaliste ? ORDRE DU JOUR Deux thèmes sont proposes pour ce débat : Pourquoi rechercher des styles de vie plus…
This was the first meeting of the Triglav Circle outside of the United States since the UN seminar in Bled, Slovenia, that launched the Circle. Conducted in French and in English, it was attended by twenty participants, a few of…
Two themes for discussion are proposed: What are the contours and characteristics of the global civil society? What is a simpler life style and what type of economy(ies) would it imply? First Theme: Why looking for simpler life-styles? Three sets…
"Réduis et simplifie tes besoins matériels au point que tu puisses aisément les satisfaire toi-même, afin que ceux qui vivent pour l'Esprit et prétendent vivre pour lui n'alourdissent pas d'autant la charge matérielle d'autres hommes [et femmes], leur coupant la…
As indicated in the letter of invitation sent by Email in October, the subject for discussion at this meeting is Human Flourishing and Social Justice. Human flourishing is a concept that has often been mentioned in debates of the Circle,…
China is doing her best with great enthusiasm to build up a country that is based on the rule of law. The process of realizing the rule of law in China, with 1.25 billion people and five thousand years civilization…