Are the Moral and Value Foundations of Multilateralism Changing?
| Author | Klaus Hüfner,Jens Naumann |
| Published date | 01 July 1990 |
| Date | 01 July 1990 |
| DOI | 10.1177/019251219001100303 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Are
the
Moral
and
Value
Foundations
of
Multilateralism
Changing?
KLAUS
HÜFNER
AND JENS
NAUMANN
ABSTRACT.
Referring
to
the
national
or
regional
level
it
is
quite
commonplace
to
acknowledge
the
existence
of
different
types
of
social
relations
and
structures,
many
traditional
ones
and
some
of
more
recent
origin.
The
paper
argues
that
with
regard
to
the
world-level,
the
concept
of
a
modern
world
society
has
made
some
progress
over
the
last
few
decades
in
contrast
to
and
in
competition
with
tradional
state-centered
and
segmented
world
views.
Only
small
minorities
of
the
national
populations
hold
internationalist
values
and
convictions
commensurate
with
a
modern
world
society
perspective.
Results
from
the
only
(but
somewhat
dated)
relevant
world-wide
survey
of
the
various
publics’
attitudes
towards
the
United
Nations
system
illustrate
the
point.
Evidence
from
various
social-science
disciplines
substantiates
the
view
that
it
is
longer
formal
education
that
enhances
an
individual’s
capacity
to
accept
highly
abstract
and
encompassing
values
and
handle
corresponding
cognitive
information.
The
world-wide
educational
expansion
of
the
last
few
decades
is
interpreted
as
having
widened
the
value
foundations
of
multilateralism.
By
multilaterlism
I
mean
a
common
effort
by
the
international
community,
based
on
the
principles
of
the
United
Nations
Charter,
to
address
in
a
pragmatic
manner
the
world’s
many
needs
and
problems,
so
that
the
entire
human
family
can
realize
its
full
potential.
- J.
PEREZ DE CUELLAR,
1987
I.
Introduction:
Value
Orientations
and
Problems
of
Value
Implementation
Social
structures
and
procedures
are
influenced
by
value
structures,
as
is
witnessed
by
the
organizational
consequences
of
concepts
such
as
the
free
market
society,
the
liberal
welfare
state,
the
socialist
development
society,
or
explicitly
religious
foundations
of
different
forms
of
state
and
society.
Furthermore,
the
behavior
of
human
individuals
is
at
least
partly
determined,
consciously
or
unconsciously,
by
learned
value
conceptions
and
norms.
Obviously,
there
are
interactions
and
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