result “global ethic”) and one or two other “in” concerns, but in fact the documents contain so little of anything distinctively religious that any decent atheist could happily sign on.52 Indeed, that is the final plea: “Therefore we commit ourselves to a common global ethic, to better mutual understanding, as well as to socially-beneficial, peace-fostering, and Earth-Friendly ways of life. We invite all men and women, whether religious or not, to do the same [italics theirs].”53 For those who espouse