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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... live in harmony with dolphins and elephants forever , I admit that I would choose humanity's flourishing over theirs if I were forced to make a choice . Despite all our flaws and errors , we are the one species that has developed music ...
... live in harmony with dolphins and elephants forever , I admit that I would choose humanity's flourishing over theirs if I were forced to make a choice . Despite all our flaws and errors , we are the one species that has developed music ...
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... lives and our valued projects . Posterity is important for giving meaning to our lives . It matters simply because the world matters . If we fail to take this interest seriously , we erode the value of many of our extra - phenomenal ...
... lives and our valued projects . Posterity is important for giving meaning to our lives . It matters simply because the world matters . If we fail to take this interest seriously , we erode the value of many of our extra - phenomenal ...
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... live out their lives . Anyone who is aware of her or his potential impact on the future cannot avoid facing the choice of what to do , even though their maximum impact would not be especially large . All of us have some choice in this ...
... live out their lives . Anyone who is aware of her or his potential impact on the future cannot avoid facing the choice of what to do , even though their maximum impact would not be especially large . All of us have some choice in this ...
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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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