Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Humanity at the Crossroads Between Liberation and Self-destruction

       1 Our Historical Situation and Human Evolution

       2 The Central Themes of the Following Chapters

       3 Three Sources of the Transformative Imperative

       4 The Theme of Transformative Praxis

       1 The Emergent Paradigm for Science and Human Life

       2 The Fragmented "Modern" Paradigm

       3 Fragmented Civilization and Fragmented Selves

       4 What Personal Wholeness Is Not.

       5 A Paradigm for Personal Unity-in-Diversity

       6 The Existential Roots of Personal Fragmentation.

       7 The Cosmic Dimension of Personal Unity-in-Diversity

3. Deep Nonviolence: The Dynamic Relationship of Compassion, Critical Theory, and Active Nonviolence

       1 Deep Violence: Three Interrelated Forms of Violence

       2 The Roots of Institutional Violence in the Fractured Human Self

       3  Planetary Maturity as Deep Nonviolence

       4  The Inseparability of Compassion and Critical Theory

       5  Active Nonviolence

4. Religious and Spiritual Maturity in the 20th and 21st centuries

       1 The Copernican Revolution in Religion

       2 Seven Historical Developments Behind the New Religious Maturity

       3 Misguided Reactions to the Copernican Revolution

5. Spirituality and Mysticism

       1 The Contemporary Study of Mysticism

       2 Six Issues in the Study of Mysticism

       3 The Possibility of Spiritual and Social Awakening at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century

       1 Stages in Human Development

       2 Jurgen Habermas

       3 Kohlberg and Carter in relation to Habermas

       4 James Fowler and Stages of Faith

       5 The Inseparability of the Ethical and Political

       6 Maturity and Transformative Praxis

       1  Defining Socialism

       2  The Dignity of Persons in Marx

       3  Habermas and Socialism

       4  Kant: the Absolute Obligation for a Transformed Society

       5  Levinas, Habermas, and Marx

       6  Socialism as the Political-Economic Form of Love and the Work of Krishnamurti

       4  Compassionate Planetary Socialism

       1 The Goals of "Critical Social Theory"

       2 Defining "Critical Social Theory"

       3 Marx on Reform versus Revolution

       4 Marx’s "Materialism" and Morality

      1 Systematic Monopolization of Economic, Political, Ideological, and Military Power

       2 Historical Evolution of the Capitalist System

       3 Democracy, Development, or Repression?

       4 Immorality and Instrumental Irrationality

       5 Ideological Control and Substantial Irrationality

       6 The Mature Dream of Socialism

       7 Eschatology and the Dream of Socialism

       1  The Paradigm Shift to Unity-in-Diversity

           2  The Thought of Levinas in Relation to Unity-in-Diversity

       3  The Truth is Beyond Knowledge and Being

       4  The Mystical Source of a Revolutionary Spirituality

       5  The Ethical Source of a Revolutionary Spirituality

       6  The Eschatological Source of a Revolutionary Spirituality

       7  Integration of the Three Sources of Revolutionary Spirituality

       1 The Principles of Unity-in-Diversity, Whole and Part

            2 Unity-in-Diversity as a Founding Principle in the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

           3 Freedom and the Danger of Totalitarian Totalization.

           4 World Peace and the Possibility of Human Fulfillment.

      5 Bourgeois Idealism, Human Survival, and Practical Utopia

      1 The Struggle for World Government

       2 The Constitution for the Federation of Earth

       3 Socialist Values and the Earth Constitution

       4 Marx, Habermas, and the Earth Constitution

       5 Sovereignty of the People of Earth

       1 From Atomistic Fragmentation to Integrated Wholeness

       2 A Planetary Society Founded on Principle

       3 Immediate Economic Prosperity under the Earth Constitution

       4 The Transition to Planetary Maturity

       1  A Tour of Barcelona

       2  Postmodern Relativism

       3  Solidarity

       4  Ten Aspects of Revolutionary Praxis for the Twenty-first Century

       5  Barcelona at the Cross-roads of Human Existence

    This small volume will include a substantial Introduction, the Manifesto of the Earth Federation, the Declaration of the Rights of People to Create an Earth Constitution and Hold Sessions of a Provisional World Parliament, the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Constitution, and a number of essays on why it is necessary to ratify the Constitution immediately.  

    The former four documents are official documents of the Earth Federation and provide the basis for a true "world revolution through world law."  Institute for Economic Democracy Press, fall, 2005. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Foreword by Dr. T. P. Amerasinghe

Chapter One

Introduction

1. The History Behind the Documents in this Book
2. World Revolution as a Paradigm Shift from Framentation to Unity-in-Diversity
3. The Twisted Logic of the Nation-state system
4. Are We Within the Belly of a Beast or the Box of Our Own Assumptions?
5. Global Monopoly Capitalism
6. Economics - Inequality Structured into Law
7. The “Normalization” of Evil
8. Revolution and Legitimacy

Chapter Two

Declaration of the Rights of the People of Earth to
Create and Ratify a World Constitution and hold Sessions of the Provisional World Parliament

Commentary - Glen T. Martin: A Democratically Created Constitution and a Founded World Order

Chapter Three

Manifesto of the Earth Federation

Foreword
1. Prologue
2. What the Earth Federation has accomplished to date
3. Humanity poised at the crossroads between destruction and
liberation
4. Failure of the United Nations
5. The dead end environmental hopes of Rio and Johannesburg
6. The condition of our world at the dawn of the twenty-first
century
7. Common sense economics under democratic world government
8. Where do we go from here?

Chapter Four

A Constitution For The Federation Of Earth

Preamble

Article 1 - Broad Functions of the World Government

Article 2 - Basic Structure of World Federation and World
Government

Article 3 - Organs of the World Government

Article 4 - Grant of Specific Powers to the World Government

Article 5 - The World Parliament
Sec. A - Functions and Powers of the World Parliament
Sec. B - Composition of the World Parliament

Sec. C - The House of Peoples
Sec. D - The House of Nations
Sec. E - The House of Counselors
Sec. F - Procedures of the World Parliament

Article 6 - The World Executive
Sec. A - Functions and Powers of the World Executive
Sec. B - Composition of the World Executive
Sec. C - The Presidium
Sec. D - The Executive Cabinet
Sec. E - Procedures of the World Executive
Sec. F - Limitations on the World Executive

Article 7 - The World Administration
Sec. A - Functions of the World Administration
Sec. B - Structure and Procedures of the World Administration
Sec. C - Departments of the World Administration

Article 8 - The Integrative Complex
Sec. A - Definition
Sec. B - The World Civil Service Administration
Sec. C - The World Boundaries and Elections Administration
Sec. D - Institute on Governmental Procedures and World Problems
Sec. E - The Agency for Research and Planning
Sec. F - The Agency for Technological and Environmental
Assessment
Sec. G - The World Financial Administration
Sec. H - Commission for Legislative Review

Article 9 - The World Judiciary
Sec. A - Jurisdiction of the World Supreme Court
Sec. B - Benches of the World Supreme Court
Sec. C - Seats of the World Supreme Court
Sec. D - The Collegium of World Judges
Sec. E - The Superior Tribunal of the World Supreme Court

Article 10 - The Enforcement System

Sec. A - Basic Principles

Sec. B - The Structure for Enforcement
Sec. C - The World Police
Sec. D - The Means of Enforcement

Article 11 - The World Ombudsmus
Sec. A - Functions and Powers of the World Ombudsmus
Sec. B - Composition of the World Ombudsmus

Article 12 - Bill of Rights for the Citizens of Earth

Article 13 - Directive Principles for the World Government

Article 14 - Safeguards and Reservations
Sec. A - Certain Safeguards
Sec. B - Reservation of Powers

Article 15 - World Federal Zones and the World Capitals
Sec. A - World Federal Zones
Sec. B - The World Capitals
Sec. C - Locational Procedures

Article 16 - World Territories and Exterior Relations
Sec. A - World Territory
Sec. B - Exterior Relations

Article 17 - Ratification and Implementation
Sec. A - Ratification of the World Constitution
Sec. B - Stages of Implementation
Sec. C - First Operative Stage of World Government
Sec. D - Second Operative Stage of World Government
Sec. E - Full Operative Stage of World Government
Sec. F - Costs of Ratification

Article 18 - Amendments

Article 19 - Provisional World Government
Sec. A - Actions to be Taken by the World Constituent Assembly
Sec. B - Work of the Preparatory Commissions
Sec. C - Composition of the Provisional World Parliament
Sec. D - Formation of the Provisional World Executive
Sec. E - First Actions of the Provisional World Government


Chapter Five

Summary and Analysis of the Earth Constitution

1. The Preamble
2. Article 1: Broad Functions of the Earth Federation
3. The World Parliament
4. The World Courts
5. The World Attorneys General and Police
6. The World Ombudsmus
7. The World Executive
8. Article 12: The First Bill of Rights
9. Article 13: The Second Bill of Rights
10. Article 14: Safeguards and Reservations for People and Nations
11. Article 17: The Process of Ratification
12. Article 19: Provisional World Government

Chapter Six

Essays on the Promise and Necessity of World Law

1. The Philosophy of Anarchism versus the Philosophy of
Democratic World Government - Glen T. Martin
2. The Earth Constitution and the Question of Sovereignty -
Terence P. Amerasinghe
3. The Roots of Terrorism in “Sovereign” Nation-states and the Path
to a Secure World Order - Glen T. Martin
4. Are We Unteachable? - Errol E. Harris
5. World Legal Revolution - Eugenia Almand
6. The Philosophy of Nonviolence and World Revolution Through
World Law - Glen T. Martin
7. The Principles of Ecology and the Earth Federation -
Glen T. Martin

Chapter Seven

Conclusion: Pledge, Resolution, and
Revolution

1. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Federation of Earth
2. Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance - Glen T. Martin
3. The Campaign for a Transformed World Order
4. Resolution for the Creation of a Democratic World Parliament
5. The Urgency of World Revolution Through World Law - Glen T.
Martin

Appendix: The Development of a World Parliament: A Brief History

Selected Bibliography and Works Cited

Index

 

(3)  Emerging World Law -

Key Documents and Decisions of the Global Constituent Assemblies and Provisional World Parliament

       Edited by Eugenia Almand and Glen T. Martin, with a Preface by Dr. Terence Amerasinghe.

Forthcoming 2008

This book includes the work of the World Constituent Assemblies and the Provisional World Parliament from the origins of this movement in 1958 until the present.  It will include commentary on the world legislative acts and the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, a history of the World Constitution and Parliament Association, a substantial introduction and conclusion, and other important material.   Forthcoming fall 2008, Institute for Economic Democracy Press.

(4)   Ascent to Freedom

- Practical & Philosophical Foundations of Democratic World Law

Glen T. Marin

January 2008

      This book expresses the transformative meaning of the concepts of "democracy" and "law" as these have emerged from the Western philosophical tradition. It studies the paradigm-shifts in the social and natural sciences that open up an entirely new, holistic and emergent evolutionary view of reality and shows the connections with democratic world law.  It traces the history of the philosophy of law from Ancient thought to the present and explains the immense possibilities of the democratic idea for a world of peace, freedom, justice, and prosperity. January 2008, Institute for Economic Democracy Press.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Philosophy and law

1.2 Ascent to Democratic Freedom

1.3 Ascent to Planetary Maturity

1.4 Outline of the Chapters Below

CHAPTER TWO: THE PARADIGM SHIFT FROM HUMAN NATURE TO HUMAN POSSIBILITIES

2.1 The Task of Philosophy in Our Day

2.2 Rational Freedom and the Depths of Existence

2.3 Beyond Reductionism to Responsiveness

2.4 Contemporary Psychology and Human Possibilities

2.5 Rational Freedom Oriented toward Wholeness and Kant's Categorical Imperative

CHAPTER THREE: EMERGENT EVOLUTIONISM AND SCIENTIFIC HOLISM

3.1  The Axis Period in Human History

3.2 The Paradigm of Newtonian Physics and Philosophy

3.3 The Paradigm Shift of the Twentieth Century

3.4 Science, Values, and Emergent Evolution

3.5 The Newtonian Paradigm and "The Sea of Faith"

3.6 Holism and Humanity

CHAPTER FOUR: ANCIENT THOUGHT TO THE RENAISSANCE

4.1  Democracy and Our Common Humanity

4.2  The Pre-Socratic Beginnings

4.3   Plato

4.4   Aristotle

4.5   The Stoics and Cicero

4.6   St. Augustine

4.7   St. Thomas Aquinas

4.8   The Renaissance and the Birth of the Modern World

CHAPTER FIVE: HOBBES, LOCKE, AND ROUSSEAU

5.1 Hobbes and the Early Modern Period

5.2 John Locke

5.3 Locke and Private Property

5.4 Jean-Jacques Rousseau

CHAPTER SIX: KANT, HEGEL, AND MARX

6.1 Immanuel Kant

6.2 Kant and World Law

6.3 Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel

6.4 Karl Marx

6.5 Marx and World Law

6.6  Overview of Western Philosophy of Law

CHAPTER SEVEN: TWENTIETH-CENTURY MORALITY, LAW, AND HUMAN RIGHTS

7.1 Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Conventional Aspects of "Law" and "Morality"

7.2  H.L.A. Hart's Conception of Law and Beyond

7.3 Wittgenstein and Morality

7.4 Morality and the Philosophy of Law

7.5 The Community of Rights in the Thought of Alan Gewirth

7.6 The Community of Rights in the Thought of Leonard Nelson

8.1 Language and Values

8.2 Explanation versus Emergent Evolutionary Abilities

8.3 Morality Beyond Discourse Ethics

8.4 Democracy and Law

CHAPTER NINE: THE DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATIONS

9.1 Historical Overview

9.2  The Modern World System

9.3 Fragmentation and the Quest for Wholeness

9.4 The Paradigm Shift to Holism and the Common Good

9.5 John Dewey: Democracy as a Foundational Moral Framework for Human Life

9.6 Democracy and Self-Transcendence

9.7 Seven Criteria for Democratic Law

CHAPTER TEN: THE LEGITIMACY OF LAW IN NATION-STATES

10.1 Effectiveness Criteria for Political Legitimacy

10.2 The Illegitimacy of Nation-States Today

10.3 The Concept of Sovereignty of the People of Earth

10.4  Sovereignty and the Emerging Earth Federation

10.5  International Law and the U.N. System

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE PROMISE AND NECESSITY OF WORLD LAW

11.1 Theory and the Modern Paradigm

11.2 Contemporary Scholarship on Nation-statehood and Sovereignty

11.3 The Enlarged Ecological-Democratic Paradigm

11.4 Restoring the Legitimacy of Nations under Article 14 of the Earth Constitution

11.5 Consequences of Transformed Assumptions under the Earth Federation

11.6 A Supreme Act of Civil Obedience to a Unified World Order

CONCLUSION: ASCENT TO FREEDOM

12.1  Emergent Destiny and our Maturity Fear

12.2  Ten Philosophical Foundations of Democratic World Law

12.3  Ascent to Freedom

A CONSTITUTION FOR THE FEDERATION OF EARTH

Appendix: A Brief History of the Earth Constitution

Works Cited and Bibliography

Index

5. Revolutionary Democracy and Earth Federation -

The Spirituality, Philosophy, & Nonviolence of World Transformation

(Forthcoming 2008)

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: SPIRITUALITY AND PHILOSOPHY OF LIBERATION

Chapter One- Integral Liberation

Spirituality, Philosophy, and the Praxis of Human Liberation –

Educational Principles beyond Modernity and Postmodernity

1.1. The Eros for Being and Traditional Metaphysics

1.2. The 21st Century as Turning Point

1.3. Integral Liberation: Spirituality, Politics, and Economics

1.4. The Central Criterion of Liberation

1.5. Political freedom as both Means and End

1.6. Four Principles of Philosophical and Educational Praxis

Chapter Two- Awareness and Eschatology

The Fusion of Critical Theory and Revolutionary Socialist Futurity

2.1. Habermas, Critical Theory, and Compassion

2.2. Marcel, Bugbee, and Spirituality

2.3. Eschatological Awareness

2.4. Eschatological Awareness and Socialist Consciousness

Chapter Three- The Face of the Other

Revolutionary Democracy and the Problem of the Other –

John Dewey, Enrique Dussel, and Quest for Human Liberation

3.1 Overview

3.2. Democracy and Its Problems for John Dewey

3.3. Enrique Dussel and the Philosophy of Liberation

3.4. Spirituality and Revolutionary Democracy

3.5. Conclusion

PART TWO: GLOBAL POLITICS AND WORLD TRANSFORMATION

Chapter Four- Violence versus Nonviolence

Religion and the Global Transformation from Deep Violence to Deep Nonviolence

4.1. Religion and Nonviolence

4.2. Four forms of violence in today’s world

4.3. The fourth form of violence: religiously motivated violence

4.4. The Nation-state System as Institutionalized Violence

4.5. A nonviolent political and economic order for Earth 

Chapter Five- Nonviolent Economics

From Violent Economics in Today’s World Disorder to Global Peace and Prosperity   

5.1. The World System: Capitalism, Banking, and Sovereign States

5.2. World Trade, Banking, and the Coming Global Totalitarianism

5.3. Human Communities as a Moral Framework for Human Life

5.4. Real Democracy Requires Global Market Socialism

5.5. Democracy Requires a United World under the Earth Constitution

5.6. Specific Economic Arrangements under the Earth Constitution

Chapter Six- Nonviolence and World Order

The Moral Impossibility of Military Service or Sovereign Nation-States under the Genuine Rule of Law

6.1. The Kantian Principle of Moral Autonomy

6.2. The logical contradiction of all forms of military service

6.3. The nation-state system as inherently terrorist.

6.4. Terrorism as a Criminal Act

6.5. The Philosophy of Nonviolence and World Law

6.6. Civilian Police verses Military Force

6.7. Principles of Nonviolence behind the Institutionalization of Peace

6.8. The Institutionalization of Peace

Conclusion

Appendix A. The Development of the Earth Constitution and the Provisional World Parliament – A Brief History

Appendix B. A Constitution for the Federation of Earth

Appendix C. Diagram of the Earth Federation

Works Cited

Index

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