United World Awakening, sixth in a ten-part series on Global Constructs

Of course, each year some countries will fail to meet their targets, and others will exceed them. There will be no punishment or reward, so why will people care, why will they try to improve? Quite simply, citizens of countries that do well will feel good, just as people who fail will feel bad. This is because a new morality is arising which one day we will all share, and most of us care greatly what others think. The new morality is called "Our Morals" and we will use the Direct Democracy to maintain it. It is based on a shared vision for the future. Most of our current economies are based on an obsession with economic growth, and we place no moral limit on how much a person can earn or consume. While we can't say exactly what the world will agree, we do know that the concept of sustainability will be an important part of the new shared vision. Therefore the question of how much we consume, and whether we merit what we consume, is becoming a major moral issue. While Our Morals will cover new ground such as consumption, it will exclude areas that old moralities concerned themselves with, especially those that divide us today. Our Morals will concern only those of our actions that significantly affect other people, and "accept diversity" will be a key guideline.