The Interconnection of All People
Every person's wellbeing is connected to every other's; poverty, injustice, and conflict anywhere affect everyone everywhere.
The Bahá'í writings teach that humanity is an organic whole — what affects one part affects all. Poverty in one part of the world undermines security everywhere; injustice in one nation threatens justice everywhere; spiritual impoverishment in one community weakens the whole. This organic interconnection grounds universal responsibility.
The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.
Bahá'í organic interconnection teaching anticipates global interdependence theory in international relations and development economics.
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- What the Bahá'í Faith says about community
Everyone's wellbeing is held to depend on everyone else's, so injustice elsewhere is a local problem too. Peace and security are said to be out of reach until unity is established.