Foundations of Futures Studies - Volume 2: Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures

List of contents

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

About the author

Wendell Bell

Summary

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures

Product details

• Authors: Wendell Bell, Bell Wendell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138523692
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52369-2
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Human Science for a New Era Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, Social forecasting, future studies