Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities 

Change 
Set goals for change and preservation

Set Goals to Enhance  Quality of Life and Reduce Suffering 

• Understand the consequences of our collective actions

• Protect all living systems and the life within them from destruction

• Preserve our most vital natural and cultural heritage

• Reduce toxicity and keep earth systems in balance

• Work to ensure no one suffers if the resources exist to remove that suffering

• Define success with good measures and credible data

• Be accountable and transparent about progress or the lack thereof

Choices

Govern to allow freedoms and accept limits according to values 

Become Informed Citizens and Make Conscious Choices

• Prevent violence and resolve conflicts peacefully

• Make conscious, holistic choices about our lives and work

• Understand the significance of everyday choices

• Live a life which is sustainable for the planet

• Learn about the planet and the human story

• Learn about other people, communities and our society

• Help align private and public choices for collective gain

Capability Create beneficial and shut down harmful capacity

Create the Means to Achieve our Goals Efficiently and Effectively

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• Give every child a quality education and support good health

• Create opportunities for fulfilling careers at a living wage

• Uphold our expected civic duties and claim our rights

• Use scarce resources thoughtfully and without waste

• Create and invest in systems and spaces to achieve our goals

• Dismantle systems that produce harm or hinder shared goals

• Grow shared, affordable energy, assets, infrastructure, and utilities

Community Unify as a world while creating more diversity 

Care for Ourselves and Treat One Another Well

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• Protect ourselves from harm through self-defense

• Promote self-care, wellness, physical and mental health

• Care for those who cannot care for themselves, or are marginalized

• Work to eliminate poverty, hunger, oppression and severe deprivation

• Respect and care for people different from us

• Promote gender equality and reduce other inequalities

• Seek mutual co-operation and compete by shared rules