Universal Utopia: A Candid Look at Consumer Society - Couverture souple

Noel-Morgan, Tom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1492890251 ISBN 13 : 9781492890256

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

What would a society look like if it were built not on profit, but on conscience?

In The Universal Utopia, the author presents a comprehensive reimagining of modern civilization grounded in virtue ethics, civic responsibility, and institutional accountability. Rejecting the dominance of consumerism, speculative finance, and short-term political incentives, this work proposes a structured alternative built around moral education, participatory governance, and restrained economic systems.

At its core lies a simple but demanding principle: that sustainable peace, prosperity, and cultural harmony depend not only on systems of law and economics, but on the cultivation of virtuous individuals capable of trust, duty, and ethical judgment.

Universal Utopia explores:

• A Golden Rule–based civic ethic as the foundation of law and education
• A hybrid democratic model combining elected leadership with digital direct participation
• Institutional incentives for virtue, including education, public service, and professional honour
• A critique of speculative capitalism and consumer-driven social fragmentation
• A vision of decentralised, cooperative micro-economies
• A redefinition of leadership, accountability, and civic duty

Rather than offering a fixed blueprint, The Universal Utopia invites readers to reconsider the assumptions underlying modern society—and to imagine what becomes possible when ethics is treated not as private virtue, but as public infrastructure.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Are profits our principal reason for existing? Are we not more than the sum of our belongings? I believe we are, but somehow that message has gotten lost in a sea of corporate, political and economical interests that seem to command everything else in our way of life. At the end of the day, it’s obvious enough that our society is not perfect, but is it at least what it promised it would be? Has trading off our values and our very cultural identity for the illusion of wealth really bought us greater harmony? Will consumerism ever bring about personal happiness? Hard questions are the questions really worth answering. Universal Utopia is a work of reflection on the course that contemporary consumer society is taking with regards to moral flexibility, business ethics, relativism and the surrender of personal conscience. The work approaches the fabric of modern-day global society with a critical eye on how we have geared ourselves for consumerism and for the ethos of profit at the expense of our traditional values, our humanity, our individuality and our planet. In Universal Utopia, a challenge to democratic relativism and consumerism is presented to point out some of the dangers that lurk around the corner. A provocative analysis is made of how far we have divorced from moral and ethical values that were at one point symbolic of societies across the globe, and the price we are paying for it. Was it worth it? Read about it, reflect on it and find out for yourself.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1492890251
• ISBN 13: 9781492890256
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg