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People should be educated about the links between education, ideology, and politics as a way to promote the virtue of humility.

— Nayef Al-Rodhan The Role of Education in Global Security (2007)

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A good governance paradigm that limits excesses of human nature and ensures an atmosphere of happiness and productivity by promoting reason and dignity is required.

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Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral sensitivities.

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A set of global values in keeping with human nature and dignity need to be identified and developed.

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There is only one collective human civilisation comprised of geo-cultural domains and cultures.

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All knowledge is acquired through the application of reason and has a physical basis.

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