What incentives would motivate religious institutions to practice human solidarity?
For patriarchal religious institutions that want to remain hierarchical — nothing — except perhaps loss of subsidies. SUSTAINABILITY is defined by Merriam-Webster as “method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” Wikipedia offers a more elaborate definition: “Sustainability is a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. The term, in its environmental usage, refers to the potential longevity of vital human ecological support systems, such as the planet’s climatic system, systems of agriculture, industry, forestry, and fisheries, and human communities in general and the various systems on which they depend.”. Wikipedia also provides a definition for sustainable development: “Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfillment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely.” Question: What incentives would mo
