According to the archbishop of Canterbury, the emphasis that our society places on economic stability leaves an important question unanswered: "What supports economy, its interest or an environment in which men can acquire intelligence and awareness?". "The most pressing problem is: how do we promote a civilisation that can question itself about its own meaning and integrity?" Only such a civilisation can beget "citizens who know how to move away from individual instinct" to "worship God or take care of the needy ones, aware that human beings are mortal, interdependent, created by love and for love". According to Williams, the rule of Saint Benedict "is an antidote to globalisation, that destroys every attempt at having a just government that is accountable to its own citizens. If the way of working of the monastery were adopted by our society, it would not feel threatened, as it does today, by minorities". According to the archbishop of Canterbury, "a good government, like that of the monastery, means commitment towards the others to produce a common language. A model in which minorities willing to work according to the rules of the society in which they live would fit in".
