Human Interdependence
"No man is an Island, entire of it self" (John Donne, 1571-1631)
Human interdependence
The degree to which individual human beings do not, and cannot, live in isolation from their fellows. Implying, as it does, the degree to which each individual depends on others and the extent to which others are, in turn, affected by the individual's action, the notion of human interdependence contrasts with an excessively individualistic view of the human condition. Human interdependence thus embraces a set of assumptions about the social nature of humanity, and ethical assumptions about considerate and responsive conduct. (Barry Jones,1995)