Words are critical to understanding reality.

ecological

The quality of envisioning, explaining and imagining how an organism, species, or entire community is coexistent with its surroundings, dependent on the available energy and nutrients it derives and replenishes from the living and nonliving conditions of existence.

The systematic understanding of how nutrient cycles and energy transfer sustain populations of organisms in their changing environment in some enduring pattern of stimulus and response.

Related terms.

biocoenosis

The biotic community as referred to by European researchers. It is derived from Karl Möbius' 1877 study of order, structure and function of the oyster reef as it relates to the abiotic habitat of a river mouth and the biotic associations of plants, plankton, benthic communities and fisheries in an estuary. A biocoenosis (biocenose, biocoenose, biotic community, biological community, or ecological community), was used by Möbius to describe the interacting functions of animals or collections of organisms as they alter their surroundings by their collective actions.

 

culture

Literally, from the Latin word "cults", to be part of a cult; meaning the ritual knowledge of the natural world derived from observation, sympathetic magic, and practice and esoteric methods of behavior with the purpose of instilling order, respect, duty and meaning to the lives of those who follow the teachings of the cult.

A cult, as in agriculture, is a practice followed with a rationale, accompanied by emotional commitments and an attention to details that regulate behavior by rewarding and punishing certain expressions of human.

There are six or seven variant meanings implied by the word culture. For more see culture.

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ideology

Literally from the Greek word "aides", idol; hence idolatry. Also meaning to foster an image; also referring to the study of ideas, the imaginative use of language to declare a related set of beliefs: particularly with respect to a political, social, or economic set of beliefs ideology means to tie together the images of symbols and the meanings of political philosophy into a coherent and defensible set of related ideas; a political faith based on particular socioeconomic values.

For example: utilitarianism, or socialism, or fascism, or dualism, or ecumenism, or communism, or totalitarianism, or reductionism, or populism are all varieties of beliefs that shape what people believe about the world and how they interpret experiences. See further at Culture and ideology site.

 
 

justice

The condition of fairness and respect for other people's personal and social needs. Fair and reasonable concern for for another as one would expect to be cared for and respected in turn.

• Ancient definition.
• etymology

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) [551-479 BCE]

The Analects, from 221 BCE

Tsze-kung asked, saying, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?' The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others"

Literally: "Yourself, what you don't want, don't do to others."

(Analects, Book 15, Chapter 23).

The Analects are dialogues between Kung Fu Tzu and his acolytes (disciples, students) were written down by his followers over two centuries after his death.

practice

Also from the Greek word "praxis", which referred to the actual experience of doing particular activities with an aim of perfecting an understanding of materials, techniques, and limitations inherent in the skills of the learner, the context of the medium in which the learner is working and in the power of the substances being used.

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