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Events of the past two decades have challenged many of the
fundamental beliefs, institutions, and values of modern western
culture--the culture of "progress." Are science and technology
really progressive and beneficial? Have they led to the enhancement
of welfare, greater hapiness, and moral immprovement? I s the
continued growth of material productivity possible? Desirable? Are
the institutions of progress viable? Progress and Its
Discontents assembles the views on progress of some of
America's leading humanists, scientists, and social scientists.
Citing disappointed expectations of progress in spheres from
science to morals and politics, and the many problems created or
left untouched by progress, the editors conclude that the term no
longer refers to "an inevitable sequence of improvements" but
rather to "an aspiration and compelling obligation." Contributors:
Nannerl O. Keohane Georg G. Iggers Alfred G. Meyer Crawford Young
Francisco J. Ayala John T. Edsall Gerald Fenberg Bernard D. Davis
Gerald Holton Marc J. Roberts H. Stuart Hughes Moses Abramovitz
Harvey Brooks Nathan Rosenberg Hollis B. Chenery Gianfranco Poggi
Aaron Wildavsky G. Bingham Powell, Jr. Samuel H. Barnes Steven
Marcus Murray Krieger Robert C. Elliott Martin E. Marty Daniel Bell
Frederick A. Olafson This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1982.
Events of the past two decades have challenged many of the
fundamental beliefs, institutions, and values of modern western
culture--the culture of "progress." Are science and technology
really progressive and beneficial? Have they led to the enhancement
of welfare, greater hapiness, and moral immprovement? I s the
continued growth of material productivity possible? Desirable? Are
the institutions of progress viable? Progress and Its
Discontents assembles the views on progress of some of
America's leading humanists, scientists, and social scientists.
Citing disappointed expectations of progress in spheres from
science to morals and politics, and the many problems created or
left untouched by progress, the editors conclude that the term no
longer refers to "an inevitable sequence of improvements" but
rather to "an aspiration and compelling obligation." Contributors:
Nannerl O. Keohane Georg G. Iggers Alfred G. Meyer Crawford Young
Francisco J. Ayala John T. Edsall Gerald Fenberg Bernard D. Davis
Gerald Holton Marc J. Roberts H. Stuart Hughes Moses Abramovitz
Harvey Brooks Nathan Rosenberg Hollis B. Chenery Gianfranco Poggi
Aaron Wildavsky G. Bingham Powell, Jr. Samuel H. Barnes Steven
Marcus Murray Krieger Robert C. Elliott Martin E. Marty Daniel Bell
Frederick A. Olafson This title is part of UC Press's Voices
Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1982.
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