The really crucial
task is not recommending any given set of values, but establishing the
fundamental principle that there are values worthy of our devotion and suggesting ways of developing personal and
social disciplines based on that principle.
First of all, while I have here focused on the global dimensions of contemporary life by way of spelling out the biopolitical
task, it would be my contention that the
fundamental categories I have employed could be used to deal with the whole range of
social - ethical problems.