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245	1	0	_aForging More Perfect Unions
520	3		_aThe author believes that, to avoid disintegration, social advances toward more inclusive political structures must be accompanied by a moral advance toward more universal values. This article discusses the three stages of humanity's global political unification as described in the Bahá'í writings: confederation, federation, commonwealth. Since these forms of government are outer expressions of inner levels of collective unified consciousness, each of these forms of government also marks a stage of humanity's deepening inner unification. Of particular note is the discussion of the changing concept of competition. If human beings are to create a united world, they must stop competing selfishly and instead compete selflessly to forge cooperative structures that will benefit all humanity.
690			_aCOMPETITION
700	1		_aBarnes, William
773			_tThe Journal of Bahá'í Studies _g5, 1-11
999			_c17619 _d17619