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Dignity is central to the sustainability of history.

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The history of human civilisation is a history of mutual borrowings.

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A state's foreign policy should not just be smart, it should also be just.

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We are therefore driven by both basic survival instincts and rational thought.

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One of the key ingredients of coexistence and successful cooperation is trust.

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We should aim for peaceful coexistence at least and transcultural synergy at best.

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All knowledge is acquired through the application of reason and has a physical basis.

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3D printing is going to transform our societies, our freedoms and our sense of security.

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There is only one collective human civilisation comprised of geo-cultural domains and cultures.

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A set of global values in keeping with human nature and dignity need to be identified and developed.

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We are neither radically free to choose our nature nor entirely determined by our biological heritage.

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Civilisational triumph is thus not a zero-sum enterprise that favours one geo-cultural domain over another.

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Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.

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Morality, if present, should not be relied on because it will be trumped by self interest in most circumstances.

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Policies should take account of the emotional dimensions of human behaviour rather than assuming rational action.

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The notion of innate knowledge (including moral knowledge) is rejected, but that of moral sensitivities is accepted.

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Much of what we often consider knowledge is actually a point of view held without sufficient grounds: in a word, dogma.

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In my opinion, a life governed by reason is likely to be more dignified than one shaped by dogma and unbridled emotions.

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Institutions should focus on educating against clashes of culture and the promotion of a culture of tolerance and peace.

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What makes our existence meaningful is highly subjective and ultimately determined by sustainable neurochemical gratification.

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People should be educated about the links between education, ideology, and politics as a way to promote the virtue of humility.

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Knowledge about things beyond our immediate environment may be acquired through deduction, if the initial premises are believed to be correct.

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Considerations of justice are also integral to efforts to generate transcultural security in the first instance and, ultimately, transcultural synergy.

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Harmonious interstate relations will be guided by the paradigm of Symbiotic Realism that stresses the importance of absolute rather than relative gains.

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Strict ethical guidelines need to be developed in anticipation of significant technological and biotechnological advances in order to guarantee human dignity.

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All policies should be packaged with full awareness of the limitation of human nature (amorality, emotionality and egoism) in both the short- and the long-term.

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Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes, course, and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities.

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A good governance paradigm that limits excesses of human nature and ensures an atmosphere of happiness and productivity by promoting reason and dignity is required.

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Those who are outside the centres of power, because of the need for a positive and not simply a stable identity, are likely to find an independent identity appealing.

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Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.

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