Starting from the five core elements of the Wang Dao precept, and with sustainable development as the objective, we construct three principal domains:
Benevolent Governance (derived from Confucian ideas of benevolence) and Empathy (derived from the Confucian formulation of the Golden Rule, and its elucidations of forbearance and human-heartedness) constitute core ideas. When these two are combined with the idea of Counter-hegemony, they form the domain of “Global Ethics”. When they are combined with the element of People-orientedness, they form the domain of “Inclusive Development”; and when they are combined with the idea of Sustainability, they form the domain of “Environmental Equilibrium”.
We have confidence in the WDSI of universal value and practicality that will conduct us to broadening the horizons of sustainable development, pointing the way forward, and providing a vision for the future.