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Global problem-solving and ethics: a theoretical and practical analysis

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  • Suraj Sood

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This article focuses on how a more reciprocally-beneficial relation between humans and planetary ecologies can be achieved. Global problems and their potential solutions are considered from the perspectives of research non-profit The Millennium Project, the United Nations, the late cyberneticist Gregory Bateson, and the late psychoanalyst Felix Guattari. These approaches are contextualised within Ken Wilber's 'all quadrants, all levels' (AQAL) epistemological framework with the intent of making the problems discussed more amenable to higher-level analysis and problem-solving methodology. Within and following this latter endeavour is an assessment of practical approaches to global problem-solving, including The Millennium Project's Global Futures Intelligence System (GFIS) and Barrett Brown's Quadrant Dynamics: Thwarting or Supporting (Q-DyTS) algorithm. Lastly, a plural ethical approach is proposed and compared with US psychology, Guattari's ethico-aesthetic paradigm, and The Millennium Project's global challenge #15 (which concerns global ethics).

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  • Suraj Sood, 2018. "Global problem-solving and ethics: a theoretical and practical analysis," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(4), pages 322-339.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:17:y:2018:i:4:p:322-339
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