Spiritual intelligence An ethical principle for a new “Agenda 2030.2”?

Abstract

The text addresses the concept of spiritual motivation, introducing spiritual intelligence as an ethical principle within the realm of sustainable transformation and examining it at political and legal levels—particularly with regard to Agenda 2030 and future sustainable development goals.
The research question is: How can the category of “spiritual intelligence” be understood as a transformative principle of sustainable development? A three-stage process addresses the challenges involved in implementing Agenda 2030 and discusses church teachings on environmental protection and social injustice. In doing so, spirituality and spiritual intelligence are considered in the context of sustainability, with the aim of fostering “Inner Development Goals” (IDG) to complement the “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG)—thereby enabling truly transformative sustainability processes. The “care movement” model serves as an example here, illustrating how gender-equitable economic practices could yield significant improvements.
As an intersectional principle, spiritual intelligence can help bridge the gap between theoretical and practical approaches to sustainable development and shape a new “Agenda 2030.2.”