Work is a fundamental aspect of the human condition: it has personal, social, and transcendental dimensions which are inextricably linked For the person, work is not only a means for survival but an expression of intrinsic human dignity. Work provides…
As indicated in the letter of the coordinator of the Circle dated 16 November 2006, the subject for discussion at this gathering is "Work and Employment: their Meaning and Characteristics in a Changing World". A shorter title for such subject…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE, OUGNY, FRANCE, 30 JUNE-1 JULY 200 SECULARISM, ETHICS AND POLITIC REPORT ON THE DEBAT CONTENTS Introduction: Why the choice of this subject? ……………………pages 2 to 6 Part I: Comments on the…
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…
Presentation of the subject for discussion 1. The world conferences organized by the United Nations in the last part of the 20th century represent an effort to define an agenda for public policy and international cooperation in a globalizing world…
International Symposium: Development for Harmonious Societies in a Pluralistic World 23-24 June 2006 Organized jointly by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Harvard-Yenching Institute, this international symposium was devoted to Seeking Harmonious Society and Multiple Modernities. It…
18-19 March 2006 Organized with and hosted by the Orfalea Center in Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and devoted to a debate on The Global Civil Society, this meeting brought together twenty-two persons, nine of which…
The phenomenon of the civil society deserves considerable attention. Many intellectuals and participants in the political process feel that an active civil society represents the best hope for the emergence of a less-predatory, fairer, and more harmonious global order. An…
Triglav Circle, Harvard-Yenching Institute, 25-26 February 2005 - Agenda Moral Dimensions of the Public Discourse: the Legacy of the Social Summit Revisited Hosted by the Harvard Yenching Institute and its Director Tu Wei Ming, this meeting was attended by twenty-five…