Griffin, David Ray.  "Creativity, the Divine and a Global Ethic." (Conference Paper- International conference on Creativity and Process: East-West Dialogue 2007)

Abstract                        

I will argue the following theses: (1) If we are to solve our global problems (such as war, imperialism, global apartheid, and the ecological crisis), we need a global ethic. (2) Such an ethic cannot be provided by the late modern worldview, according to which matter-energy is the only utlimate reality, because this view is nihilistic, denying that moral norms belong to the fabric of the universe. (3) Such an ethic also cannot be provided by traditional Western theism, according to which the only utlimate reality is a deity who created the world ex nihilo , because this view, besides conflicting with scientific method and the fact of evil, promotes the idea that the scriptures of one's tradition are infallibly inspired, so that its particularistic (non-universal) moral injuctions should be universally enforced. (4) The philosophical foundation for a global ethic can be provided by Whitehead's worldview, with its two ultimates: God and creativity.