The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Lack of human unity

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Lack of world unity

Non-globalized citizenship

Lack of brotherhood

Claim

1. Two hundred years of over-emphasis on the individual have deeply rooted societal life-styles in protectionism. People see themselves as individual rather than global citizens and public conscience has not yet adequately articulated the value of corporateness to the individual and to society as a whole.

2. The world is sick. Its illness consists less in the unproductive monopolization of resources by a small number of men than in the lack of brotherhood among individuals and peoples. (Papal Encyclical, Populorum Progressio, 26 Mar 1967).

Broader

Indifference

Interdependence

Antiquated world socio-economic order

Narrower

Social divisions

Lack of international cooperation

Unacknowledged global interdependence

Unformed pattern of cooperative action

Lack of intersocietal resource channels

Inadequate national empathy for external hardship

Aggravates

Insecurity ^{[in 18 loops]}

Alienation ^{[in 7 loops]}

Exploitation ^{[in 8 loops]}

World anarchy ^{[in 13 loops]}

Continentalism ^{[in 4 loops]}

Social inequality ^{[in 21 loops]}

Unchallenging world vision ^{[in 25 loops]}

Socially unaccountable global governance ^{[in 12 loops]}

Self-image unrelated to the external world ^{[in 9 loops]}

Over-specialized study of global ecosystem ^{[in 10 loops]}

Unilateral interpretations of multilateral principles

Overemphasis on self-sufficiency with respect to interdependence ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Avarice

Fragmentation

Human inequality

Ideological confusion

Communication breakdown

Parochial national interests

Erosion of collective consensus

Media reinforcement of materialism

Lack of international communication

Individualistic welfare responsibility

Lack of relationship between social techniques and the needs they address

Absence of convincing symbols connecting the individual's life to the cosmos

Strategy(ies)

Participating in planetary citizenship

Establishing global governmental responsibility

Affirming unity of humankind

Abandoning unity

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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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.

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