Crucial Questions about the FutureUniversity Press of America, 1991 - 133 síður Crucial Questions About the Future presents readers concerned about the long-range future and their place in it with a series of tough but necessary questions and, refreshingly, offers no pat answers. Instead, what is offered is a structured and reason-bound exploration of the complexities of modern life with which the reader, or the future-studies inclined academic, can provide his own answers to these eternal and critical questions. |
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... altruistic urge to ameliorate today's suffering can make us forget about the future well - being of people who will be born a few years from now . Most of us would not like the task of defending the importance of humanity's future ...
... altruistic urge to ameliorate today's suffering can make us forget about the future well - being of people who will be born a few years from now . Most of us would not like the task of defending the importance of humanity's future ...
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... altruistic mission in life , by working for a noble cause , by trying to maintain and improve the unceasing flow of human civilization . Bringing one's actions into close alignment with one's list of key societal goals can produce a ...
... altruistic mission in life , by working for a noble cause , by trying to maintain and improve the unceasing flow of human civilization . Bringing one's actions into close alignment with one's list of key societal goals can produce a ...
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... altruistic efforts will triumph over such powerful forces as unmitigated selfishness , destructive thoughtlessness , short- sightedness , and the urge for revenge and violence . Yet these characteristics can add to the challenge , the ...
... altruistic efforts will triumph over such powerful forces as unmitigated selfishness , destructive thoughtlessness , short- sightedness , and the urge for revenge and violence . Yet these characteristics can add to the challenge , the ...
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What Is Most Important of All? | 7 |
Why Do We Act in Ways That Hurt Our Future? | 25 |
How Can Each Person Contribute? | 111 |
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