A follow-up to the best-selling "Ethics for a new millennium" outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values.
Rethinking secularism -- Our common humanity -- The quest for happiness -- Compassion, the foundation of well-being -- Compassion and the question of justice -- The role of discernment -- Ethics in our shared world -- Ethical mindfulness in everyday life -- Dealing with destructive emotions -- Cultivating key inner values -- Meditation as mental cultivation.