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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... better than now in some ways while unfortunately worse in other ways . Justice requires that we not make our successors worse off , as Barry ( 1978 , p . 244 ) has noted , whereas " making successors better off ... is a nice thing to do ...
... better than now in some ways while unfortunately worse in other ways . Justice requires that we not make our successors worse off , as Barry ( 1978 , p . 244 ) has noted , whereas " making successors better off ... is a nice thing to do ...
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... better than today that the majority of historians and social analysts would agree that it is definitely better . Vastly improved global governance or a new world spirit of cooperation , for instance , might produce such an outcome . The ...
... better than today that the majority of historians and social analysts would agree that it is definitely better . Vastly improved global governance or a new world spirit of cooperation , for instance , might produce such an outcome . The ...
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... better world . The more people accept this moral responsibility , the greater the probability of a better world will become " ( Kenneth Boulding , 1988 ) . Altruistic goals and behavior have been described by many grand and inspiring ...
... better world . The more people accept this moral responsibility , the greater the probability of a better world will become " ( Kenneth Boulding , 1988 ) . Altruistic goals and behavior have been described by many grand and inspiring ...
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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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