ABSTRACT
Science with all its triumphs has not triumphed, and the present almost inconceivable mess of human affairs is the climactic result of the triumphs of science in other fields and its utter failure in this one. This statement is made deliberately, without qualification and with full recognition of the fact that science provides no dynamic for society and no final goals. Everywhere men and groups are, among other things, seeking to get ahead, and, while it has its harmful effects, it also has its beneficial effects. In any case, it is the condition of a dynamical society, and it is not our concern. It is very largely a question of bringing men to see what perils our society is facing. In this day we have to get beyond the narrow group ethics that tend to dominate us, the narrow group ethics which, when we have no great binding faith, separate group from group.
