First, thanks--sincerely--for an uplifting article.

I agree that the 'Western' ethos--in a word, 'Liberalism'--is dying. Its conceptual and practical inadequacies are being exposed, in particular the fundamental incompatibility of self-centered individualism and 'equality'.

As I understand it, the traditional 'Eastern' ethos makes 'social harmony' the primary ethical good. There is both good and bad in that: though it does promote 'community', it definitely can go too far in undervaluing the individual.

One alternative to both of those perspectives is an 'other-centered’ individualism: taking one another into account as we live our separate lives together in this world. That approach to co-existence reconciles for us humans both of the most fundamental aspects of our nature as material beings: we are separate and independent with respect to one another, but we are social beings who live together in groups. The former makes us distinct individuals, but the latter makes us interdependent. I have (fully) developed an approach to justice that includes--though it does not start from--an other-centered individualism.

if curious: "A New Liberalism" (here in Medium, but--for the benefit of any 'guest readers'--not behind the paywall)

Applied to governance within society, this approach to justice maximizes liberty, but as a product of justice, not its source, or foundation, etc.

This New Liberalism dismisses 'equality' as an unnecessary complication: all that matters for justice is that the beings involved are humans.

Any existing Liberal society that came to be governed by this ethic would not have to change one bit structurally, but its functioning--its effects on people--would be transformed, especially in the economy.