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The American [[Philosophy:Integral theory (Ken Wilber)|integral]] [[Philosophy:Philosophy|philosopher]] [[Biography:Ken Wilber|Ken Wilber]] uses the term  '''worldcentric''' to describe an advanced stage of [[Philosophy:Ethics|ethical]] development. This involves a broadening of the spiritual horizon through the formulation of a transpersonal ethic in which we do not only desire the best for all people but for all living beings.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ken Wilber: Thought as Passion|last=Visser|first=Frank|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=2003|isbn=0791458156|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kenwilber00fran/page/226 226]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/kenwilber00fran/page/226}}</ref> It is this aspect where worldcentrism is viewed as an expansion of sociocentrism where one focuses beyond self-needs to also extend care about the group, community, and society.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World |last1=Esbjorn-Hargens|first1=Sean |last2=Zimmerman|first2=Michael|publisher=Shambhala Publications |year=2011 |isbn=9780834824461 |location=Boulder, Colorado |pages=403}}</ref> The idea is that worldcentrism situates the positive aspects of [[Philosophy:Egocentrism|egocentrism]] and sociocentrism in a larger context of concern so that consideration does not only include one's self or one's people but all peoples and all beings.<ref name=":0" /> Synonyms of ''worldcentric'' include ''global'' and ''[[Astronomy:Planet|planet]]ary''. 

There are also worldcentrists who maintain that living beings engage in [[Autopoiesis|autopoiesis]] (self-making, self-producing, and self-repairing), which renders these beings as ends-in-themselves and of equal ground value, in addition to whatever extrinsic or intrinsic value they possess.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Igniting Brilliance: Integral Education for the 21st Century|last=Dea|first=Willow|publisher=Integral Publishers LLC|year=2010|isbn=9781450722247|location=Tucson, AZ|pages=240}}</ref>

Wilber also sometimes refers to an ethical stage that is beyond the worldcentric, which he calls ''kosmocentric''. In a ''kosmocentric'' awareness, one experiences a release of attachments of the gross realm and a radical recognition of evolutionary processes so that an individual is compassionately called to action and becomes capable of letting the gravity of outcomes go.<ref name=":0" /> Wilber used to associate these advanced ethical stages with [[Philosophy:Mysticism|mystical]] states, but since 2002 he has associated these advanced ethical stages with the development of complexity in the self-related lines of identity, studied by Susanne Cook-Greuter. (See "Integral Spirituality," Ken Wilber;  See also "Transcendence and Mature Thought in Adulthood," Susanne Cook-Greuter.)

==Related concepts==
*[[Social:Anationalism|Anationalism]]
*Anti-nationalism
*[[Philosophy:Biocentrism (ethics)|Biocentrism (ethics)]]
*[[Philosophy:Cosmopolitanism|Cosmopolitanism]] 
*[[Social:Cosmopolitan democracy|Cosmopolitan democracy]] 
*Democratic mundialization 
*[[Philosophy:Global citizenship|Global citizenship]] 
*Global Citizens Movement 
*[[Philosophy:Global justice|Global justice]] 
*Mundialization  
*[[Social:Postnationalism|Postnationalism]]
*[[Social:Transnationalism|Transnationalism]] 
*World city 
*[[Social:World government|World government]] 

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