Book contents
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Future is in Our Hands
- Part I Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
- 1 Global Successes and Looming Catastrophes
- 2 Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies
- 3 The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity
- 4 The Big Challenge
- Part II Acting for Social Progress
- Conclusion: Mobilizing Change-Makers
- Appendix: Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress – Table of Contents
- References
- Index
3 - The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity
from Part I - Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2018
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Book contents
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- A Manifesto for Social Progress
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Future is in Our Hands
- Part I Sources of Worry, Reasons for Hope
- 1 Global Successes and Looming Catastrophes
- 2 Globalization and Technology: Choices and Contingencies
- 3 The Expanding Circle of Respect and Dignity
- 4 The Big Challenge
- Part II Acting for Social Progress
- Conclusion: Mobilizing Change-Makers
- Appendix: Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress – Table of Contents
- References
- Index
Summary
Long-term trends in cultures and social norms tend to make societies more inclusive and to improve the respect enjoyed by ethnic groups, genders, and people with various sexual orientations, even if there are some setbacks and reversals at some places and times.
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- A Manifesto for Social ProgressIdeas for a Better Society, pp. 65 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018