globalization is the growing recognition of the risks we share as human beings on this planet, and our shared interest in addressing those risks. In this sense, globalization is creating what has been called a"community of risk Such knowledge satisfies a basic requirement for community -that we have the to know another's needs, concerns and preferences. This kind of knowledge is the basis for creating solidarity, that leap of the moral imagination which says that your concerns are my concerns This community of knowledge and risk is also, increasingly, becoming a community of shared traditions, practices and understandings. These grow, both spontaneously and institutionally, out of our perception of shared needs and interests, of our capacity to help and to harm, and our awareness of each other's plight- in short,our understanding of globalization as interlocking our fates. Despite the reality of conflict over social practices and values, we are increasingly a part of many sorts of global social networks. Moreover, commentators suggest that at least at the political level, there is an emerging consensus, or shared understanding, around the importance of markets democracy and human rights I would like to focus on two particular aspects of contemporary globalization, markets and meta-state institutions, as particularly indicative of the emergence of global community, at least in their respective realms Dirk Messner, "World Society - Structures and Trends, in global tRENDS GLOBAL governance 24(KENNEDY, ET AL. EDS. 2002) Examples include multi-national corporations, NGO's and various organs of international scientific cooperation. This consensus can be seen at the level of positive international law, and also normatively, insofar as th worlds leading religious and philosophical traditions can be said to converge around this triad. David R Mapel, "Justice Diversity and Law in International Society, in Mapel and Nardin, supra note 14 at 247globalization is the growing recognition of the risks we share as human beings on this planet, and our shared interest in addressing those risks. In this sense, globalization is creating what has been called a “community of risk.”15 Such knowledge satisfies a basic requirement for community – that we have the capacity to know another’s needs, concerns and preferences. This kind of knowledge is the basis for creating solidarity, that leap of the moral imagination which says that your concerns are my concerns. This community of knowledge and risk is also, increasingly, becoming a community of shared traditions, practices and understandings. These grow, both spontaneously and institutionally, out of our perception of shared needs and interests, of our capacity to help and to harm, and our awareness of each other’s plight – in short, our understanding of globalization as interlocking our fates. Despite the reality of conflict over social practices and values, we are increasingly a part of many sorts of global social networks.16 Moreover, commentators suggest that at least at the political level, there is an emerging consensus, or shared understanding, around the importance of markets, democracy and human rights.17 I would like to focus on two particular aspects of contemporary globalization, markets and meta-state institutions, as particularly indicative of the emergence of global community, at least in their respective realms. 15 Dirk Messner, “World Society – Structures and Trends,” in GLOBAL TRENDS & GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 24 (KENNEDY, ET AL. EDS. 2002). 16 Examples include multi-national corporations, NGO’s and various organs of international scientific cooperation. 17 This consensus can be seen at the level of positive international law, and also normatively, insofar as the world’s leading religious and philosophical traditions can be said to converge around this triad. David R. Mapel, “Justice Diversity and Law in International Society,” in Mapel and Nardin, supra note 14 at 247. 6