Is there hope for man? A new phase in the work of the Institute for World Order

Abstract

In January 1974, Robert L. Heilbroner wrote: There is a question in the air, a question so disturbing that I would hesitate to ask it aloud did I not believe it existed unvoiced in the minds of many: “Is there hope for Man?” In another era such a question might have raised thoughts of Man's ultimate salvation or damnation. But today the brooding doubts that it arouses have to do with life on earth, now and for the relatively few generations that constitute the limit of our capacity to imagine the future. For the question asks whether we can imagine the future other than as a continuation of the darkness, cruelty and disorder of the past; worse, whether we do not foresee in the human prospect a deterioration of things, even an impending catastrophe of fearful dimensions.

Citation

Hollins, H.B. (1975), "Is there hope for man? A new phase in the work of the Institute for World Order", Planning Review, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053697