David Korten and Cornel West both setup possible societies that include within them a moral ideal.

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David Korten and Cornel West both setup possible societies that include within them a moral ideal. These two ideals have many similarities to each other, but also a few key differences. A conglomeration of prophetic pragmatism and Korten's moral ideal is possible, but not necessarily desirable. The key differences are in the area of environmental sustainability (which prophetic pragmatism does not deal with), and with cultural reciprocity.

Korten's moral ideal focuses on equality of opportunity, the fulfilling of basic needs (food, shelter, health care), environmental sustainability, small units of government and business, and the necessity for love to control human interactions. Korten puts most of his emphasis upon environmental sustainability. He argues that through a reduction in consumerism, and everyone accepting the responsibility for the environmental cost of their consumption a balance could be reached that would guarantee sustainability of the environment in perpetuity. This would require that everyone agree upon a maximum amount that each individual can consume based upon the total resources available, not how much money they make or how valuable they are to society.

Envision a world were no one was hungry or lacking in shelter, health care or education. Individual consumption