The great
issues of our time are moral: the uses
of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character
of society; loss
of the sense
of the common good in tandem with the pampering
of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system
of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation
of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the
growing militarization
of many societies; continued racism; the persistence
of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims
of future generations.