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Appendix D Cultivation of Human Values for Progress in Science, Eradication of Miseries, and the Attainment of Happiness
Appendix D Cultivation of Human Values for Progress in Science, Eradication of Miseries, and the Attainment of Happiness
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This progress has not been without costs; costs of more environmental pollution, of faster depletion of natural resources, and of a wider gap be 35
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To heal these pains, concerned scientists throughout the world have started looking at the ethics in the use of scientific knowledge and technology, trying to balance scientific progress without causing environmental and social damages.
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Bahadori, Mehdi, N Ama para ser Feliz, El Secreto de la Alegria de Vivir, EDAF/Nueva Era, Madrid, Spain, 1995.
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A VISION OF THE WORLD WHERE ETHICS PREVAIL. With the ethical use of scientific knowledge by all people and all nations, we can visualize living ultimately in a world with the following features:2,3 1.
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Ama para ser Feliz, El Secreto de la Alegria de Vivir, EDAF/Nueva Era, Madrid, Spain, 1995.
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The author strongly believes that governments should make every effort to maximize the National Index of Happiness, or NIH. This approach is quite different from the present economic planning methods, which are aimed at increasing individual income and maximizing the socalled gross domestic product, or GDP.
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It is only through the ethical use of scientific knowledge that we will be able to progress in science and technology, to eradicate human and environmental miseries throughout the world, and to secure true and sustainable happiness for people. Education in human values should be emphasized along with conventional education.
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