Bibliography: ISRJ4E5U

key	ISRJ4E5U
title	Forging More Perfect Unions
author	Barnes, William
authority control	William Barnes
item type	Journal article
publication year	1992
date	1992-06
publication title	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract note	The author believes that, to avoid disintegration, social advances toward more inclusive political structures must be accompanied by a moral advance toward more universal values. This article discusses the three stages of humanity's global political unification as described in the Bahá'í writings: confederation, federation, commonwealth. Since these forms of government are outer expressions of inner levels of collective unified consciousness, each of these forms of government also marks a stage of humanity's deepening inner unification. Of particular note is the discussion of the changing concept of competition. If human beings are to create a united world, they must stop competing selfishly and instead compete selflessly to forge cooperative structures that will benefit all humanity.
pages	1-11
issue	1
volume	5
language	English
manual tags	POLITICS; GOVERNMENT; COMPETITION