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CIVILIZATION'S CRISIS: A SET OF LINKED CHALLENGES

A Set of Linked Challenges

John Scales Avery

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik

Beschreibung

Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.

Contents:
  • Economics, Ethics and Ecology
  • Threats to the Environment and Climate Change
  • Growing Population, Vanishing Resources
  • The Global Food and Refugee Crisis
  • Intolerable Economic Inequality
  • The Threat of Nuclear War
  • Facing a Set of Linked Problems
  • Outlawing War
  • The Evolution of Cooperation
  • Education for Peace
  • The Future of International Law
  • The Choice is Ours to Make

Readership: Readers interested in an overview of world issues and a brief history of their origins.

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