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Where there is no vision the people perish: ethical vision and community sustainability
Author(s) -
de Raadt J.Donald R.,
de Raadt Veronica D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.656
Subject(s) - constitution , sustainability , sociology , political science , environmental ethics , law , philosophy , ecology , biology
This paper supports the inclusion of Christianity in the European constitution. It does this by analysing the role that an ethical vision plays in sustaining a community and the impact on other critical factors such as ethics, work, management, social structure and education that ensues when vision is undermined. It examines in particular the contribution that the Christian vision has made to communities in the past and the systemic role it can play in ensuring their long‐term viability today. The study applies a multi‐modal systems framework to analyse the links between the vision and these critical factors and projects that may unfold in communities once they lose their vision. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.