It is not sufficient to confine our benevolence to those we find congenial – to our own ethnic, national or ideological group. We must have what one of the Chinese sages called jian ai, “concern for everybody.” If practised assiduously – “all day and every day”, as Confucius enjoined – we begin to appreciate our profound interdependence and become fully humane. If we wish to create a viable world order, we must try to implement the golden rule globally, treating all peoples – even those who seem far removed from us – as we would wish to be treated ourselves. We must strive for a global democracy, in which everybody – not only the rich and powerful – has a voice and in which takes everybody’s needs and aspirations with the utmost seriousness and respect. Full article.