Volume 2: Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society
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Köp båda 2 för 990 krThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Vo...
Life courses, both professional and personal, are often directed by unplanned experiences. At crossroads, which path is followed and which hard choices are made can change the direction of one's future. Wendell Bell's life illustrates ho...
"While the tone is sedate, Bell's ideas often strike sparks.... Bell concludes futurologists must (and sociologists should) discuss how society ought to be, because our survival depends on our soon restoring the 'good' to scientific inquiry into the human condition." - Arthur B. Shostak, Contemporary Sociology; "This book is a masterpiece! It makes an extraordinary contribution to studies of the future." - Allen Tough, University of Toronto; "A truly remarkable book, reflecting a life-long study of the future and scholarship of the highest order...visionary - in the best sense of the term." - Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University"
Wendell Bell
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface to the 2004 Edition Introduction 1. Values in Utopian Thought 2. Making Value Judgments Objectively: How do We Decide What is Preferable? 3. Some Practical Strategies for Judging Preferable Futures 4. Universal Human Values 5. The Quantity of Human Life 6. What Human Values Ought to be Changed? Epilogue References References (2004) Index About the Author