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Toward a Reasonable Society

Toward a Reasonable Society

Ayres, C. E.

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0292780265
ISBN13: 9780292780262
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Jan 1 1961
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Those who despair of our age will find in this stimulating book heartening answers to their questions about the fate of Western civilization and indications of the course humanity should follow if it is to save itself and the world.

The course is not new. According to Ayres, it is the same course that humanity has taken from the dawn of history, but with too many detours in pursuit of false values. It is the course that has brought us to the point of civilization where we now stand-the course of developing knowledge and expanding truth, of our increasing ability to exploit nature for our own welfare. From the earliest stick tool-through the invention of the wheel, the Industrial Revolution, and the marvelous scientific and technological developments of the space age-science and technology, knowledge and skill, have enabled humankind to create for itself an increasingly better life. But with this development has come a sense of conflict between our secular culture and our traditional values, a conflict requiring a reevaluation of values. This reevaluation is the subject of Ayres' book.

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