internal life context

Definition

Self: The world inside human beings as individuals and as social groups. The physiological, psychological and spiritual world, of thoughts, stories, memories and emotions across space and time which is inside the minds and bodies of human beings who are parties in the digital identity ecosystem. The harms experienced in the internal life context are felt harms.

Purpose

Distinguish from other contexts in the human harms framework. The opposite of external life context.

Criterion

All human beings or social groups entities in the digital identity ecosystem have an individual internal life context within them.

Examples

Religious beliefs, a state of mind, blood cells or physical organs.

Related concepts

• external life context
• felt harm

Tags

#harmstf