Embedded in our newsfeed is a call for action on behalf of the commonality of all species, that life itself is a dignified, and privileged condition

Humor me for a moment as I attempt, if we were so inclined to debate the meaning of the "common good ", to construct a pathway to this ethical chimera by comparing two propositions that lie dormant in all of the following issues (which come up in the FB newsfeeds): urban development; front yard gardening; agricultural runoff; genetically modifying organisms to withstand the use of herbicides; the detrimental effects of antimicrobials, pesticides and herbicides in the food chain, climate change, scientific consensus, the corporate/government "revolving door", campaign finance and the most recent Citizens United v the FEC US Supreme Court ruling.

I derive the following conundrum:

a) sacrificing the environment, and other species for the sake of sustaining a given group of human beings 

versus 

b) sacrificing targeted employment and likely the livelihood of a great number of professionals and laborers with vested interest in the corporations that poison the environment, with an overwhelming resolve of saving the environment upon which all life on earth depends.

Some questions then come to mind: can sacrifice at any level be justified without also losing our sense of humanity? Or are other species less entitled to dignity?  What of that commonality?  In other words, how can there be any commonality amongst a greatly diverse domain of individual human communities --- unless we include all other forms of life?!

Further, I wonder whether Is it not possible that an as yet undetermined number of humans on one day of critical mass might recognize that this very fundamental choice is much more than just the basis for defining the "common good" and thereby, independently --- without necessary conjunction via the internet --- mobilize to "save" themselves by saving earth from the poisoning of air, soil and water?!?! This is a terrifying prospect for the so-called developed nations, and it is likely already on the minds of industrial leaders and government officials... and why they will continue to seek every means of control and surveillance!