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TOWARD A DIGNITARIAN WORLD
Guest: Robert Fuller Program 3271
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 8/11/2008 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: We've made great strides in the last couple of centuries toward moving beyond the most familiar 'isms'-racism, sexism, ageism. But rankism is at the root of all the many ways we threaten the dignity of others, and it continues to undermine the happiness and productivity of people everywhere. Robert Fuller sees overcoming rankism as the next great step in our cultural evolution, and believes we're at the threshold of making dignity for all a fundamental tenet of our personal relationships, our business ethics, even our government. He explains, "It sounds ridiculous even utopian, but we happen to live in a time when the Golden Rule is no longer optional. It's becoming mandatory. We're going to begin living up to it in the next twenty or thirty years all over the world. It's one of those things which arises everywhere simultaneously. It's in the air." With this interview you'll find hope for a world that brings dignity to people of all colors and genders and tax brackets, inspiration to help turn the tide of rankism when it colors your day, and a new sense of your own dignity, so that you walk a little taller wherever you happen to be going.
Robert Fuller, Ph.D., is a president emeritus of Oberlin College and an internationally recognized authority on the subject of rankism and dignity. His books and ideas have been widely covered in the media, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Voice of America, National Public Radio, C-SPAN, and the BBC. Dr. Fuller has given more than 300 talks to a variety of organizations, including Princeton University, Microsoft, and Kaiser Hospital. He is the author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society Publishers 2003); All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett Koehler 2006); and co-author with Pamela Gerloff of Dignity for All: How to Create a World Without Rankism (Berrett-Koehler 2008). To learn more about the work of Robert Fuller go to www.dignityforall.org
Topics explored in this dialogue:
Why being disrespected is as bad for your health as smoking three packs of cigarettes a day
Why eliminating rankism is good for business
How global rankism makes our country less safe
Why dignity is more important than liberty or equality
What small, simple steps you can take to start eliminating rankism from your world today
