Neohumanism

Neohumanism: The Only Open Road into the Future

Ronald Logan

Mar 31, 2026

During the past month, we’ve been reminded once again that the world has become very small. The military conflict in Iran and vicinity has meant rationing of cooking oil in India, rising gas prices in America, and threats to fertilizer supplies globally.

We live in a world in which technology, communications and commerce have increased to the point where there is an interwoven relationship between all people in all cultures.

But there is no unity among people in terms of their values and their social objectives. We remain divergent and thus prone to conflicts with each other.

In order for humanity to overcome our differences and become a one world society — yet without the loss of the independence and autonomy of our local cultures — there needs to be a universal approach which is inclusive and serves the needs of all peoples. This must be an approach which is integrative, rather than based upon dominance and submission.

Throughout history, the dominant approach has been to have one group impose its superiority upon another, be it due to nationality or territory, or due to political, economic, social or cultural groupings. People have identified with a particular group and then sought dominance over those in other social, political, religious, economic, cultural or geographic groupings. This has been the human tendency.

Never in human history has there been a society which is fully integrative of all groups of people and based upon a universal sentiment, rather than upon the superiority of one group over another.

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For a unified society to be established there must be the integration of certain fundamental values within the society that can create a broad universal base for the development of a cooperative, integrative human alliance.

There is only one base that is sufficiently large to integrate all of the different cultural, social, political, and economic groupings within the human experience, and that is the sentiment of universalism.

When individuals adopt as their primary group identity the universal life force which expresses itself in all beings, they can then possess a base which is sufficiently expansive to integrate all human groups and all types of living beings.

With this as a base, a society can be developed which is for the welfare of all — not only human beings, but all beings, because human life cannot be separated from that of other life.

Human society is intricately bound in the greater web of life. We cannot separate the welfare of human beings from the welfare of plants and animals. We’re all together. We will have to consider the welfare of plants and animals, because our welfare is intimately associated with theirs.

The entire planet must be brought into a harmonious relationship if we are to build a healthy and forward moving human society that meets the needs of its members and supports their growth and development.

It is not the point of a universal society to make all people have the same culture, the same opinions, or the same lifestyles. The point is to find a common outlook based in a sentiment of universalism and in certain cardinal values that support human development in a universal fashion.

This fundamental base becomes a platform from which all of the diverse human groups may lodge themselves within their own cultural context and geographical situation to live up to their maximum potential and live in harmony with their natural environment.

The concept of a universal base for human society does not oppress individuality by requiring uniformity. Rather it values the diversity of human experience within the context of a broad, universal base.

What is this universal base upon which human society must be built to meet the physical, mental and spiritual needs of all people, and to create a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world?

The base for such a society must be sufficiently expansive. It can only be adopted when there is a common agreement to move beyond our differences. And it will require our coming together with mutual respect for our diversity to find a universal base in the very essence of life, adopting a respect for all life and an integration of spiritual values into daily life.

Adopting common spiritual values does not mean the dominance of one religion or another, of one spiritual belief or another. It is not the dominance of one belief system, or of one group over another.

What we require is a common denominator, a universal base which is fundamental to life and to then utilize that universal base through mutual agreement as a moral foundation upon which to build a healthy, universal society.

That base can only be the fundamental reverence and appreciation of life itself and a respect for all living beings. In this, there is a commitment to the welfare of all beings.

This is a new approach in which reverence for life, care for the welfare of all, and integration and unity in human society are afforded utmost priority. Never has a society existed based on these priorities, though a few have come close.

Humanity stands upon the brink of a new beginning, a new dawn. In this new era humans will have the opportunity to evolve past their petty differences and self-centered groupisms into a universal outlook in which compassion and reverence for life dominate. With such an outlook, human beings will seek to integrate, rather than dominate one another.

This approach has been called “neohumanism” — or “new humanism”. And why is it new? Because it includes not only the welfare of human beings (as does humanism) but of all beings. And it presents a new paradigm in which reverence for life is considered foremost, above the needs of any particular grouping of people.

People will have to expand their view of themselves and their identity. Rather than thinking, “I am identified with the welfare of my clan, of my country, my culture, my race,” they will have to think, “My welfare, my identity, is associated with the welfare of all living beings, and I will do best when all beings live in harmony and none lag behind.”

It’s only through this universal identity that humanity will come to realize that their welfare lies in the integration of life and the appreciation of the essential beauty within all beings.

So, universalism is a base, a rock, upon which a healthy human society may be built. Upon this rock many things can stand. A reverence for all beings means there will be ecological harmony. It also means that humans will take a new approach toward each other, one of negotiation, cooperation, and integration. It also means that care for the welfare of all beings, great and small, will be attended to by the society. And it means an end to war – which has been the blight of humanity.

The implementation of universal cardinal values through the establishment of a collective global forum for human society will mean a revolution in human experience. From this base, a new society may be built, a universal society which considers the welfare of all of Earth’s diverse living beings and mediates a balanced relationship between all of those different groupings and life forms and their wants and needs.

With such a base, no group would dominate and harm another, and all people would have the opportunity to advance in all spheres of life through the guarantee of basic necessities in the physical sphere, of education in the mental sphere, and opportunity for growth in the spiritual sphere. In such a society people will be able to advance a great deal within a very short time.

No true human society has yet existed, for humanity in its development thus far has been highly quarrelsome and prone to cruelty and harshness.

While the fundamental values necessary to promote a true human society have not as yet been fully developed on a mass scale, humanity is rapidly changing. It is on the brink of an evolutionary leap, and it’s quickly moving to acknowledge these deeper human values.

We can’t say that these values haven’t yet been recognized, for they have. But they haven’t been adopted on a large scale by those who have power and authority. That will soon change. It will change because it must change.

A new day comes. Humanity is evolving, and the need we feel to bring an integrated, universal society into existence is growing. Awareness is increasing that if large numbers of people suffer while a few elites prosper, the society will eventually collapse. Awareness also grows that if the natural environment is destroyed, humanity will be destroyed with it.

Humanity is being pushed to adopt a new level of awareness. Already a kind of universal knowledge, a universal understanding, is quietly developing around the globe. The fruit of this change has not ripened as yet, but in the near future we will see the results.

A new society is emerging. The fundamental basis of this new society must be a universal outlook, not the dominance of one group over another. And there must be care for the welfare of all beings.

This is the only open road into the future. All other roads have dead-endings ahead.

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