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    The document discusses challenges to human development today, including economic crises, migration, environmental exploitation, new groups in poverty, and cultural issues. It examines how cultural norms can hinder development and cites dangers of cultural eclectism and leveling. Other challenges mentioned are hunger, population control spreading an anti-birth mentality, denial of religious freedom, and religious fanaticism leading to terrorism. The document calls for moral evaluation and scientific research to guide solutions toward steady employment and charity-guided globalization.

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    The document discusses challenges to human development today, including economic crises, migration, environmental exploitation, new groups in poverty, and cultural issues. It examines how cultural norms can hinder development and cites dangers of cultural eclectism and leveling. Other challenges mentioned are hunger, population control spreading an anti-birth mentality, denial of religious freedom, and religious fanaticism leading to terrorism. The document calls for moral evaluation and scientific research to guide solutions toward steady employment and charity-guided globalization.

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    The document discusses challenges to human development today, including economic crises, migration, environmental exploitation, new groups in poverty, and cultural issues. It examines how cultural norms can hinder development and cites dangers of cultural eclectism and leveling. Other challenges mentioned are hunger, population control spreading an anti-birth mentality, denial of religious freedom, and religious fanaticism leading to terrorism. The document calls for moral evaluation and scientific research to guide solutions toward steady employment and charity-guided globalization.

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    Human Development in Our Time

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    Chapter 2

    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
    IN OUR TIME
    The articulated vision of development of
    Paul VI
    Rescuing people from hunger,
    deprivation, endemic diseases and
    iliteracy
    Economic Point of view – active
    participation on equal terms in the
    international economic process
    Social – educated societies marked
    by solidarity.
    Problems that affect integral human
    development today
    Economic crisis due to speculative
    financial dealing
    Large scale migration
    Exploitation of earth’s resources
    New groups that experience poverty
    Corruption and illegality
    Failure to respect worker’s rights
    Diverted international aid
    Cultural behaviors prevent real concept
    of development.
    Can you cite some examples of
    cultural norms of behavior that
    hinder development?
    New elements in the field of economics today
    that challenge development
    Role of public authorities in economic
    development in the context of international
    trade.
    Globalization that has led to the downsizing
    of social security systems.
    Governments limiting the negotiating
    capacity of trade unions
    The mobility of labor
    New elements in the field of culture that
    challenge integral development
    Increased interaction between
    cultures that has led to two dangers:
    Cultural eclectism – cultures are
    viewed as equal and
    interchangeable.
    Cultural leveling – indiscriminate
    acceptance of conduct and life
    styles.
    Can you give examples of cultural
    leveling that is happening to our
    country?
    Other challenges
    “ It is
    necessary to
    Hunger – needs to
    cultivate a
    public be addressed
    conscience
    that institutionally.
    considers
    food and Agrarian reform
    access to
    water as should not be ignored
    universal
    human rights
    for all
    human
    “Openness to
    Life` is at the
    center of Respect for life cannot be detached
    development” from questions regarding the
    development of peoples.

    How is Life accepted in the world?


    Infant Mortality is on the rise
    Population Control that spreads anti-
    birth mentality; frequent attempts are
    made to export this mentality to
    other states as it were a form of
    cultural progress.
    “God is the  Denial of the right to religious freedom
    guarantor of
    man’s true
    development, Religious fanaticism leading to
    inasmuch as terrorism.
    having created
    him in his image,
    Deliberate promotion of practical
    he also atheism.
    establishes the
    transcendent
    dignity of men
    and women and
    feeds their innate
    nature to be
    more”
    New elements demand new solutions
    Moral evaluation and scientific
    research must go hand in hand.
    Goal to have steady employment
    for everyone
    Globalilization must be under the
    guidance of charity in truth
    Assignment no. 4
    Review the slides for chapter 2 and answer the following
    questions:
    1. Can you cite some examples of cultural norms of behavior
    in our country that hinder development?
    2. Can you give examples of cultural leveling that is
    happening to our country?
    3. How does the Pope integrate “openness to Life” with the
    over-all concept of development?
    4. Can you give examples from “daily news events” that show
    how the denial of religious freedom has hampered human
    development?
    5. Can you cite examples of new groups that experience
    poverty today?

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