“To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.” MeanUseMoralMoralitySurvivalEthicsGreedDescriptionAccurateImperativesInterdependenceHubrisMorality And Ethics Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“Casually, unconsciously, but with deadly effectiveness, western man all round the globe destroyed the traditional gods and the ancient societies with his commerce and his science. ... Does it mean nothing to him if great areas of the world, where western influence has been predominant, emerge from this tutelage unable to return to the old life, yet unfitted for the new? It is hard to believe that the future could ever belong to men demonstrating irresponsibility on so vast a scale.” IfsMenWorldBelieveMeanDoeHas BeensHardInfluenceReturnAreasWesternRoundsAncientScalesTraditionalDestroyedCommerceGlobesEffectivenessHard To BelieveDemonstratingIrresponsibilityOld LifeTutelage Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“I have the impression that when we talk so confidently of liberty, we are unaware of the awful ... servitude of poverty when means are so small that there is literally no choice at all.” MeanChoicesLibertyPovertyImpressionAwfulServitude Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth