In the developed countries it has been established a clear distinction between rights and liberties. In the welfare state there is a permanent focus to human rights. Thinking things over the human rights head the social dimension of the human being. The human rights of the third generation affirms the claim on the heritage of all to whom its denial precludes the practicability of purpose. People in the industrialized countries rightly, of course, deplore any insensitivity to the rights they have come to cherish.
Ecological damage emerges from a lack of solidarity.
The activities of solidarity are going to be essential in the ever-changing and uncertain society of the future. The present paper criticizes the current conditions imposed on poorer countries in their path to economic development, describes a number of cooperation models and presents a new conception of human development. It focuses on education for cooperative development. People's growth and development requires the preparation and training of those involved in the task. The education for cooperative development is approached from a moral perspective and, more specifically, from the perspective of education for compassion.