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Thinking in this way is important because it shows that the way we parse ourselves (via geography, language, or culture) is rather arbitrary. There is a much stronger sense (based upon human biology) that our existence as Homo sapiens is the only real robust boundary that counts among our species.23 However, there is much truth in the old adage “out of sight, out of mind.” When we are ignorant of the plight of others and when we haven’t undergone the imaginative connection of the other to ourselves, then it is certainly the case that we will be less likely to be moved to action.
The extended community worldview imperative exhorts us all to educate ourselves about the plight of others in the world and then to respond with individual and corporate action according to our abilities to act effectively. It must become a top priority issue to us all.
Third, when we add the other components of the Natural community, we come up with two more community worldview imperatives: the eco-community worldview imperative and the extended eco-community worldview imperative. Let us begin with the eco-community worldview imperative (the eco-community close at hand, hoti):