Affiliations: International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS), Canada, & Professor Emeritus, Tokyo International University (TIU), Japan
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Corresponding author: Kensei Hiwaki, Distinguished Professor, International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS), Canada, & Professor Emeritus, Tokyo International University (TIU) 4-8-3 Isehara, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-1108, Japan. Tel & Fax: +81 49 233 2684; E-mail: aip72480@pop27.odn.ne.jp
Abstract: A viable human future may necessitate Sustainable Development that, in turn, requires soundness of diverse society-specific cultures (‘Cultures’) across the world. It is not farfetched to think that Sustainable Development relies on a constantly generated entelechy of all humanity—the most intrinsic energy source of human societies—that may naturally require a perpetual enrichment of diverse Cultures. Such enrichment may, no doubt, conduce to generating reasonably sound cultures (‘Sound Cultures’) across the world to help maintain perpetually a long-term, future-oriented sound communal value system that consists of human integrity, solidarity, continuity and mutuality. Above all, such enrichment may conduce to a dynamic communal harmony that perpetually integrates and equilibrates material-and-spiritual values, individual-and-communal values, traditional-and-progressive values and own-and-other's values. Such diverse Sound Cultures across the world may generate relational mutuality that pays due respects to all peoples and societies in the world. Also, Sound Cultures enhance human entelechy for personal vitality, organizational invigoration and viable socioeconomic development, as well as morality, cooperation and amicable relationship. Given the on-going devastation of diverse Cultures and natural environment (‘Nature’), which robs a viable human future, it is most important for us to start immediately enriching vigorously, perpetually and collaboratively the diverse Cultures across the world—a paradigm shift for Sustainable Development.
Keywords: Sustainable development, paradigm shift, sound diverse cultures, entelechy, relational mutuality, modern civilization, market fundamentalism, power structure
