"There is a strong common demand for an abundant psychological life which has place for dependence, dominance, and detachment and which finds its unity in the dynamic integration of diversities."
The relative difference in attitudes and actions between nations is not due to differences in their basic beliefs, he feels, but because each nation underwent a different historical development which molded its ideology in a distinctive manner.
These differences are changing even now. In recent centuries, the Orient has stressed dependance and detachment more than the Occident, but now the East has taken possession of the power techniques of the West, and is adopting much of Western ideology.
He also believes that Western man is beginning to protest against the "specialized and one-sided creation he has made of himself in recent centuries.
Pilot Light
Although his study has produced some definitive results, Morris stresses the fact that this work can only act as a pilot study. He has been able to isolate various patterns of values but he feels that there is a lot more to be done.
"Right now the methods I used in the study are more important than the results."
Nonetheless, he does feel that his project has proven one important fact that the nations of the world should regard before they take any drastic steps.
"Here in the deepest sense, in the movement toward integral man, is the convergence in world outlooks which is now taking place. It is supported in both East and West by cultural tradition and by present-day aspirations. It is within this great process that we as nations and as individuals now have to find our place."