The us and others bedrock of hermetic cultures must be abandoned for an appreciation of diversity. In short, we must think and act in a way that is of and for the world. For our typical FDU student, and us, it begins with education. The natural physical environment and its perturbations are worldwide. Economic and political boundaries are rarely discernable.
Ethics transcends all.
Markets, politics, social progress and distress, epidemiology and ecology are global phenomena. We live, employ ourselves and others, make choices, learn and thrive by events and people far and near as well as past and present. This was perhaps always true in some way and there may be little new under the sun. But we do have new neighbors both far and near. They are as far as Sri Lanka and as near as the computer screen.