Competing Visions for the Present World

The world we live in is defined in large part by the visions that we have of it. Walter Russell Mead, whose book God and Gold I've been blogging about, speaks of three competing visions.

1. Reason

Reason involves universal logic, science, the rule of law, concerns about human rights. It's guided by the Enlightenment values. You could say it is very Western and it has numerous advocates in Europe and in America as well.
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