The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Lack of care

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Unmindfulness

Failure of stewardship

Nature

Failure to respond attentively to the needs of the natural or social environment. In the case of the natural environment, this takes the form of a failure of the stewardship role, through which humanity has a responsibility to remedy or counteract any destruction of the environment. In the case of the social environment, it is associated with failure to care for others, whether in times of need or in support of their development. In interpersonal relations, it is the failure to respond to the condition of others.

Broader

Behavioural deterioration

Narrower

Professional negligence

Inadequate animal welfare

Inadequate health services

Deficient care of public beaches

Insufficient care of community property

Fragmented social care at the neighbourhood level

Aggravates

End of nature

Verbal ugliness ^{[in 2 loops]}

Environmental degradation ^{[in 2 loops]}

Vulnerability of indigenous populations to introduction of diseases

Dégradation de l'environnement

Aggravated by

Indifference

Human exceptionalism

Lack of incentive for users to care for community property

Strategy(ies)

Caring

Overcoming indifference

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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