National boundaries can no longer mark the horizon of the Society's work in the way they have in the past. No single nation can meet the challenge alone, because with communications technology, people now share information freely across national boundaries. We live in an open world in which societies are open and must cooperate if the human race is to survive. For Soros the neoliberal form of capitalism undermines the type of open society that the West has defended. A second significant development is the incorporation of cultural analysis into ethical reflection.
Neoliberal policies produce injustices rooted in neoliberal value systems.
Each Latin American and Caribbean culture now finds itself involved in a deadly encounter with the culture of neoliberal capitalism. As it becomes global, the culture of neoliberalism invades local cultures with a distorted notion of what being human and living together in our world means. To counter this distortion, the Latin American provincials are not content with solidarity among themselves. They envision collaboration with Canadian and United States Jesuits and colleagues. The next step is to be aware of some differences in terminology.