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He is an important informant for us, because one can see in his work how the informalization of asceticism progresses without a loss of vertical tension.
You Must Change Your Life
Peter Sloterdijk
Rather than award credits based on economic development that moves us ... from an imagined dirty path toward a marginally cleaner, but still very dirty future, why not award credits to legal and political actions that have a more dramatic effect?
Ways Not to Think About Climate Change
Kysar, Doug
As a first pass, we can think of sustainability as a condition on any idea of the good that people or politicians might pursue. So one might pursue a career in publishing—sustainably; fight poverty—sustainably; raise children—sustainably; work as an architect—sustainably. One might pursue liberal or conservative aims for society—sustainably. All of these only count as full goods when done in a sustainable manner. So sustainability doesn’t exhaustively specify the good; it constrains and conditions what can sensibly count as a good.
A New Professional Ethics for Sustainable Prosperity
Melissa Lane
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