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Use values contribute in a direct fashion to good flourishing life. Profit introduces a foreign factor. For one, it entails unequal exchanges so it cannot be consonant with the overall flourishing of the whole community.
“Modernisation” was, as it always is, depicted as something that must and will inevitably come about, a necessary evolution of human society that advances hand-in-hand with the passing of time itself.
Systems that absolutize and depend upon the flaws are not good systems. We have to deal with the flaws, but the goal is always what the Spirit points toward, not the reification of evil.
Many people are not just experiencing our current problems and conundrums as a relative and temporary downturn. Our time has the feel of a more substantive ending.
A lynx slept in her bed, and she shared her roof with a tamed boar. Simona Kossak was a scientist, ecologist and the author of award-winning films – as well as an activist who fought to protect Europe’s oldest forest.
Even Adam Smith, author of that early free enterprise bible, The Wealth of Nations, observed that pursuing self-interest in the marketplace can’t replace the necessary moral sentiments of sympathy and understanding for others.
“The anarchist, as the born foe of authority, will be destroyed by it after damaging it more or less. The anarch, on the other hand, has appropriated authority; he is sovereign.”
The natural man is deeply rooted in the rhythms of the earth, living harmoniously with the environment. This idea emphasizes the importance of sustainability, ecological stewardship, and living in alignment with natural laws.