Abstract

The SEP emphasizes on a life of living meaningfully and honestly, promoting resilience and sustainability. It suggest a holistic model for personal and public life based on prudence, reasonableness and moderation, conditioned by principles of virtue and knowledge. Sustainable development needs a society to rebuild an understanding on society development goals. These includes the seventeen sustainability development goals. SEP serves as a set of indicators unique when it comes to leading to sustainable development and culture. Using the SEP, individuals, organizations and the society can be able to achieve immunity to materialism and environmental/social and cultural changes, to balance as well as address key challenges resulting from extensive and changes throughout the world.

Keywords: Sufficient economy philosophy, sustainability development goals, moderation, reasonableness and prudence.


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