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This chapter sets out the main normative dimensions that should be used in assessing whether soci... more This chapter sets out the main normative dimensions that should be used in assessing whether societies have made social progress and whether a given set of proposals is likely to bring progress. Some of these dimensions are values, bearing in the first instance on the evaluation of states of affairs; others are action- guiding principles. Values can inspire and in that sense also guide actions. Principles aim to offer more specific guidance on how to rank, distribute, and realize values. Recognizing a multiplicity of values and principles is important not only to being respectful of the variety of reasonable views about what matters but also because it is difficult to reduce the list of dimensions that ultimately matter to a shorter one in a way that reflects all aspects of the phenomena in question. Many of the chapters that follow will explicitly address only a subset of these values and principles: the ones most salient for their issues or areas; but in principle, all remain relevant.
This chapter’s principal contributions are its listing of basic values and principles (set out in Table 2.1), its interpretation of each of them, and its defense, so far as space permitted, of the suggestion that each of these has basic or nonderivative importance.
Any use of these basic values and principles in guiding or assessing social progress should be guided by respect for the equal dignity of all persons (Section 2.2). The values of well- being and freedom are each of pervasive importance; each has also been interpreted in importantly different ways, which the chapter distinguishes (Section 2.3). Other basic values relevant to social progress include values directly important in individuals’ lives – nonalienation, esteem, solidarity, and security – and values embodied in the environment and in human culture.

Perspectives on Politics, 2009

References Kosar, Kevin R. 2005. Failing Grades: The Federal Poli-tics of Education Standards. Bo... more References Kosar, Kevin R. 2005. Failing Grades: The Federal Poli-tics of Education Standards. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reiner. Lakoff, George. 1996. Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. _ . 2006. Whose ...

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2005

Cambridge History of Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (1790–1870), 2012

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2012

European Journal of Sociology, 2011

... Okin, Barbara Fried, Zosia Stemploskawa, Adam Rosenblatt, Allen Wood, Tom Nagel, Lewis Kornha... more ... Okin, Barbara Fried, Zosia Stemploskawa, Adam Rosenblatt, Allen Wood, Tom Nagel, Lewis Kornhauser, Seana Shiffrin, Jonathan Wolf, Yossi Dahan, Ben Hippen ... Early theo-rists ofthe market such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo were espe-cially attuned to the ways that ...

1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University's objective ... more 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi ...

Toward a Humanist Justice, 2009

Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale, 2010

ABSTRACT Background/Question/Methods Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, efforts to value ... more ABSTRACT Background/Question/Methods Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, efforts to value and protect ecosystem services have been seen by many as the best hope for making conservation attractive and commonplace worldwide. If people and institutions recognize the diverse values of Nature, then we can greatly enhance investments in conservation and foster human well-being at the same time. Scientific and policy communities have been working to develop the scientific basis and the policy and finance mechanisms necessary for integrating natural capital into resource and land-use decisions on a large scale. These approaches have generally focused on modeling, mapping, and valuing critical provisioning, supporting, and regulating ecosystem services. Cultural ecosystem services—diverse non-material benefits that people obtain through their interactions with ecosystems, including spiritual inspiration, cultural identity, social capital, and recreation—have received less attention. Results/Conclusions In this talk we will: 1) Briefly demonstrate how modeling and mapping of ecosystem services have been successfully used to improve decision-making, 2) highlight some emerging themes from and gaps in the wide-ranging literature that connects nature to human well-being in intangible ways, 3) use examples from case-studies (e.g. Canada, US, Israel) to argue that the explicit inclusion of cultural ecosystem services, alongside their easier-to-model-and-map counterparts, is critical, 4) describe five key challenges that have hampered the explicit inclusion of a wide range of cultural services in decision-making, and 5) suggest solutions to some challenges, rebuttals to others, and offer a proposed path forward to improved decision-making that includes the full range of benefits that people receive from natural systems.

Education Finance and Policy, 2008

Abstract In this article I argue that the distinction between an adequate education and an equal ... more Abstract In this article I argue that the distinction between an adequate education and an equal education has been overdrawn. In my view, a certain type of equality civic equalityis internal to the idea of educational ad-equacy. An education system that completely separates the ...

Perspectives on Politics, 2009

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2005

Cambridge History of Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (1790–1870), 2012

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2012

European Journal of Sociology, 2011

Toward a Humanist Justice, 2009

Why Some Things Should Not Be for Sale, 2010

Education Finance and Policy, 2008

The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationship between democrac... more The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationship between democracy and equality in the United States. Are we also entering a moment in history in which the disjuncture between our principles and our institutions is cast into especially sharp relief? Do new developments--most notably the rise of extreme inequality--offer new threats to the realization of our most cherished principles? Can we build an open, democratic, and successful movement to realize our ideals? Occupy the Future offers informed and opinionated essays that address these questions. The writers--including Nobel Laureate in Economics Kenneth Arrow and bestselling authors Paul and Anne Ehrlich--lay out what our country’s principles are, whether we’re living up to them, and what can be done to bring our institutions into better alignment with them.