A wider angle of spatiotemporal vision has allowed us to discover a complementary awareness of human affairs per se and in particular with regard to the management of planetary cultural values, ethics and awareness. Millennia of human thought on values, ethics and awareness across cultures have been linked to the most advanced scientific discoveries. The integrative thread that runs through it all can be identified and formulated as an all-integrative model and formula for the management of the diversity of human affairs at the present age.
Table of Contents
1. Horizons of culture-specific values and ethics
2. Horizons of culture-specific awareness and the quest for supreme cultural awareness
3. Horizons of culture-general awareness, values and ethics
Objectives & Key Themes
This work aims to develop an integrative, transcultural management model that reconciles human diversity with universal ethical principles, proposing a "third millennium transcultural spirit" to address global challenges through enhanced consciousness and awareness.
- The role of axiology and ethics in shaping human conduct across civilizations.
- Integration of diverse cultural values into a "Transcultural Profiler" framework.
- Application of scientific paradigms, such as quantum physics and complementarity, to social and psychological management.
- The transition from a purely intercultural mindset to a holistic, transcultural consciousness.
- The vital connection between individual self-awareness and global sustainable management.
Excerpt from the Book
1. Horizons of culture-specific values and ethics
Axiology, the theory of ethics, needs to be considered praxologically, behaviourally. Beginning with the Fortune 500 corporate scandals and the following global financial crisis ethics has resurfaced, as it did and does in all civilizations past and present. It is the perennial struggle of man, a major theme and challenge to the human species in all societies. Ethics, that inbuilt sense of what is moral conduct and not, whether formulated ex post as a Kantian imperative or in the array of religions or culture contingent ethical systems, is certainly conditioned culturally, but within the cultural ethical socialization – even in the most collectivist cultures - there is this universal theme that is man’s tremendous freedom and margin of choice as to his individual conduct.
All codes of law, all the major religious systems, ideologies, most artistic production, indeed, the sum total of human creativity and artifacts are more or less centered around ethical decision making or involve such decision-making. The collective and the individual aspects of the ethical challenge are the two arms of the problem which man must reconcile. What I do with my cultural programming depends on how I use it, and how I use it frequently depends on one’s ability to manage such programming and that management will depend on one’s ethical assumptions and evolution. Due to the overriding importance with regard to its consequences for the human species individually and socially, nationally and globally it should be part of any cultural analysis. Therefore it is part of my Transcultural Profiler, which forms the backdrop and the theoretical basis of my approach.
Summary of Chapters
1. Horizons of culture-specific values and ethics: This chapter explores the perennial nature of ethics across civilizations and introduces the necessity of integrating an ethical dimension into cultural analysis to effectively manage human conduct.
2. Horizons of culture-specific awareness and the quest for supreme cultural awareness: This section investigates how scientific principles and diverse epistemologies contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of cultural diversity and the need for a higher, transcultural level of awareness.
3. Horizons of culture-general awareness, values and ethics: The final chapter presents the "Transcultural Profiler" as an integrative instrument, providing a roadmap for evolving from specific interculturalism toward a holistic, third millennium transcultural consciousness.
Keywords
Axiology, Ethics, Transcultural Management, Cultural Awareness, Consciousness, Complementarity Principle, Intercultural Studies, Human Values, Global Governance, Noetics, Holistic Integration, Diversity, Evolution, Identity, Transcultural Profiler
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the core focus of this publication?
The work focuses on the integration of axiology, awareness, and values to form a new "third millennium transcultural spirit" capable of managing global cultural diversity effectively.
What are the primary thematic fields covered?
The book covers ethics, intercultural and transcultural management, the philosophy of consciousness, and the application of scientific paradigms to social and managerial structures.
What is the primary research goal?
The goal is to provide a solid, scientifically supported foundation for a transcultural mindset that can bridge cultural differences and solve existential problems through holistic management.
Which methodology is employed in the book?
The author uses a transdisciplinary approach, blending philosophical analysis, religious insights, and analogies from hard sciences like quantum physics and neurophysiology to build the "Transcultural Profiler" model.
What does the main body of the work address?
It addresses the historical development of ethics, the limitations of conventional cultural management, and the architectural modeling of a transcultural manager's consciousness.
Which keywords best characterize this work?
Key terms include Transcultural Management, Ethics, Noetics, Holistic Integration, and Consciousness-based Management.
How does the "Transcultural Profiler" function?
It acts as a diagnostic and analytical tool that maps the psychological infrastructure of a global manager, facilitating a transition from divisive cultural perspectives to integrative, higher-level consciousness.
What is the significance of the "dome metaphor"?
The dome metaphor represents the hierarchical integration of different levels of consciousness, where subordinate intercultural spaces are managed and balanced by a superior transcultural, noetic center.
- Quote paper
- D.E.A./UNIV. PARIS I Gebhard Deissler (Author), 2011, Third Millennium Axiology, Awareness and Values, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/182055
