SCHAARSTE EN OVERVLOED : EEN SOCIAALFILOSOFISCHE REFLECTIE OVER DE MILIEUCRISIS
The ecological crisis is the consequence of the destruction of the commons as everyone is inclined to free rider conduct when fiill play is allowed to the unbridled self-interest. This is primarily an institutional rather than an anthropological problem, a matter of organizing the access to the comm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Dutch |
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1992
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Tijdschrift voor filosofie
Year: 1992, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-41 |
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Girard, René (1923-2015)
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| Summary: | The ecological crisis is the consequence of the destruction of the commons as everyone is inclined to free rider conduct when fiill play is allowed to the unbridled self-interest. This is primarily an institutional rather than an anthropological problem, a matter of organizing the access to the commons rather than a problem of altering man and his relation to nature. Economists suggest in this context a social technology that appeals to the enlightened human self-interest. We discuss the possibilities and limitations of formal methods of risk-assessment as cost-benefit-analysis. The institutional canalisation of selfinterest is only effective if supported by an ethos of social obligation, activated in actual communities. This implies a sensibility to the worth of those things which we did not produce and which we can neither dominate nor control. The ecological crisis is the consequence of the destruction of the commons as everyone is inclined to free rider conduct when fiill play is allowed to the unbridled self-interest. This is primarily an institutional rather than an anthropological problem, a matter of organizing the access to the commons rather than a problem of altering man and his relation to nature. Economists suggest in this context a social technology that appeals to the enlightened human self-interest. We discuss the possibilities and limitations of formal methods of risk-assessment as cost-benefit-analysis. The institutional canalisation of selfinterest is only effective if supported by an ethos of social obligation, activated in actual communities. This implies a sensibility to the worth of those things which we did not produce and which we can neither dominate nor control. |
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| Item Description: | BN: 54, HN: 1 |
| ISSN: | 2031-8952 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tijdschrift voor filosofie
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