REFERENCES AND QUOTES Philosophy 2021 Promote good life for all through governments - References and quotes SOME COSTS OF AMERICAN CORPORATE CAPITALISM: A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF VALUE AND GOAL CONFLICTS ACC aims conflict with individual and collective well-being 18 I PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH take care of the household 73 Money working against us. Amplify intrinsic values. 105 Kasser, intrinsic values and caring for human beings and the planet 108 Institutional schizophrenia that “arises directly from the governmentality of the growth-based society. With a vital responsibility to protect jobs and to ensure stability, the state is bound (under current macroeconomic understandings) to prioritise economic growth. And it is locked into this task, even as it seeks to promote sustainability and the common good. Government itself, in other words, is caught in the dilemma of growth.” See THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER, “The role of government is to provide the capabilities for its citizens to flourish – within ecological limits. The analysis here suggests that, at this point in time, that responsibility entails shifting the balance of existing institutions and structures away from materialistic individualism and providing instead real opportunities for people to pursue intrinsic goals of family, friendship, community, participation, creativity.” 209 I Sustainability economics: Where do we stand? Economic growth demands more and more material. Addiction to growth 290 I THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER System trap of addiction. Dependence of oil. Instead of looking at symptom confront the real state of the system, e.g. the oil addiction of the economic system. 134
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