● No individual shall diminish or impede the social sustainability of another person, social entity or global entity without moral justification.
● No social entity shall diminish or impede the social sustainability of another social entity, individual or global entity without moral justification.
● No global entity shall diminish or impede the social sustainability of another global entity, social entity or individual without moral justification.
“Social” relates to more than one individual. “Entity” relates to any permanent or temporary social group and may be organized or unorganized. For examples, a corporation, governmental agency and the whole government would be considered permanent, organized social entities. A Tupper Ware® Party and a “Meet Up” cyber group would be considered temporary, unorganized social entities. “Organized” relates to a temporary or permanent group that has an organizational structure, even if that means a single organizing person as a sole proprietorship.
When these three Moral Imperatives are invested with the three values that have sustained our species they become timeless and universal guides that point to “the common good” that brings “social justice” into the domain of our daily decisions.
When we apply these Three Moral Imperatives of Social Sustainability to our daily agenda of decision-making our social responsibilities become much clearer.
Example A , Quality of Life: Do my actions proactively improve the quality of life of another person, social entity or global entity? Or, are they neutral, neither benefiting or detracting from the quality of life of another? Or, are my actions detrimental to the quality of life of another?
Example B, Growth: Do my actions proactively contribute to the growth of another person, social entity or global entity? Or, are they neutral, neither benefiting or detracting from the capability of another to grow? Or, are my actions detrimental to the capability of another to grow?
Example C, Equality: Do my actions proactively improve the equality of another person, social entity or global entity to grow and to improve their quality of life? Or, are my actions neutral, neither benefiting or diminishing the equality of another? Or, do my actions actually decrease the equality of another to grow and to improve the quality of their life?