Sentences with phrase «in affluent societies»

«Greed works most of the time, even for the large majority of people in affluent societies.»

But there is also a wealth of clinical data showing that, even in affluent societies, breastfed babies, and their mothers incidentally, are much better off than formula fed babies.

So it seems that home - births ARE a great and safe option for well educated, healthy, wealthy, mothers who live in affluent societies with good infrastructure.

We're also divided on what it means to serve the poor in an affluent society.

The pastor realizes that people's needs are virtually limitless, particularly in an affluent society in which there is an ever - rising threshold of desire (which we define as «need»).

But in an affluent society one has got to be tempted, at least once, to see what it is like to be out from under the weight of so many possessions.

In 1970, JK Galbraith observed in The Affluent Society that «few things are more evident in modern social history than the decline of interest in inequality as an economic issue».

«My husband and I deliberated for years about whether to have a child at all, partly because parenting in an affluent society is, shall we say, a carbon - intensive activity, and partly because we knew that future generations will probably have to contend with the consequences of a severely disrupted climate.

Not exact matches

It is they who are reminding voters that casinos redistribute wealth from the poorest in society up the ladder towards the most affluent, make no contribution to long term economic growth, and cause social ills in the communities where they are built.

Even in the face of economic turmoil, we are still one of the most affluent societies on earth.

Certainly it must be tempting to look at all you're doing without, especially in comparison to much of our affluent society, and to feel that you are better, that you have demonstrated your faith and devotion — maybe even to feel you have done your part.

So even though trying to live faithfully as part of an affluent society, with all the temptations this entails, is in some ways more difficult and more uncomfortable than living the radical response, it does have several important advantages:

This is the great challenge to those of us who remain members of the affluent society, those of us who are unable or unwilling to make the sacrifices or the great change in lifestyle of the radical response: are we able to be serious about our faith?

Likewise it is heresy to suppose that the affluent and those who have more than their fair share of power and status in society deserve to be ignored or blamed for their circumstances to the extent that the church makes them no offer of grace since they already enjoy so many of the other good things of life.

The most obvious result is that poverty is overflowing geographical frontiers and gradually finding a place in the bosom of affluent societies.

«We live in one of the most affluent cultures in history where many of the values of an increasingly materialistic society stand in direct conflict with the gospel vision,» they charged.

Mariani notes that Stevens had a withdrawn manner at home and an unpleasant one in the office, but none of this stopped him from becoming rich and successful and, eventually, joining affluent society after the family settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1916.

Historically the Churches have generally been rather on the side of the wealthy and powerful due to the common interests of the Churches and of the affluent in society.

Obviously, there are many people in affluent, industrial societies who have interesting work and live in satisfying communities.

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

A little - known essay by Tocqueville after he visited England and tried to figure out why the most affluent society in Europe had the most paupers, while many impoverished societies apparently had none at all.

If we act, it is because God has loved us, because we have been saved, because God's Spirit dwells in us, because we have received revelation, and not at all in order that we may be saved, or that others may be converted, or that society may become Christian or happy or just or affluent, or that we may overcome hunger or be good politicians.

Modern society in its accelerating withdrawal into affluent pleasantness needs the category of sensuality to interpret its self - ignoring life.

We know that our day - by - day participation in this affluent, consumption - oriented, society embodies an unsustainable lifestyle that is exploiting hundreds of millions of workers around the world.

An objective look at the life of every society, even the most affluent and those which are, theoretically, more just, will show the reality of the poor today in the marginalized, the drop - outs who can not cope with modern society, the prisoners of conscience, the dissidents.

In a world where the marginalized and the drop outs of affluent society search desperately for comfort and identity in drugs or esoteric cults, how imperative it is to announce that he has come so that all may have life and may have it in all fullness (John 10: 10In a world where the marginalized and the drop outs of affluent society search desperately for comfort and identity in drugs or esoteric cults, how imperative it is to announce that he has come so that all may have life and may have it in all fullness (John 10: 10in drugs or esoteric cults, how imperative it is to announce that he has come so that all may have life and may have it in all fullness (John 10: 10in all fullness (John 10: 10)!

The group has a strong sense of being in a particular place, urban America, and at a particular time; born in the twenties, just old enough [usually] to get into World War II, products of the affluent society, very conscious of being white.

This is particularly important for congregations composed mostly of those who are relatively powerful in a society — more specifically, in our society, of white affluent North Americans — and who therefore in their daily dealings are not forced to listen to or to learn from those who are less fortunate.

The clean industries of the informational society have added to the wealth of the South and the West, drawing in the educated and the affluent, while leaving behind the less adaptable industrial workers.

In less affluent societies, and in the past, we lived much more closely with other peoplIn less affluent societies, and in the past, we lived much more closely with other peoplin the past, we lived much more closely with other people.

Not only have measures of well - being and happiness ceased to rise with economic growth but, as affluent societies have grown richer, there have been long - term rises in rates of anxiety, depression, and numerous other social problems.

«The quickest way to gain product acceptability in the less affluent society,» said a soy industry spokesman,»... is to have the product consumed on its own merit in a more affluent society.»

The dominance of salt in manufactured food in the sodium intake of affluent societies

Sugar Daddie was established to help attractive young women get in touch with the rich and affluent of the society for a mutually beneficial relationship.

In fact, according to an analysis by Urban Institute, students in Colorado's poorest districts receive only an additional $ 401 per student relative to more affluent districts, a ratio that has remained relatively unchanged for the past 20 years even as we get smarter about the impacts of income inequality and stratification across societIn fact, according to an analysis by Urban Institute, students in Colorado's poorest districts receive only an additional $ 401 per student relative to more affluent districts, a ratio that has remained relatively unchanged for the past 20 years even as we get smarter about the impacts of income inequality and stratification across societin Colorado's poorest districts receive only an additional $ 401 per student relative to more affluent districts, a ratio that has remained relatively unchanged for the past 20 years even as we get smarter about the impacts of income inequality and stratification across society.

Martin Luther King saw others «smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society» and knew it was morally wrong to turn away.

Its deft handling of crucial issues facing young people today and its exploration of the racial tensions and poverty - line discrimination that is still prevalent in even the most affluent, forward - thinking societies paints a very genuine picture of life for teenagers, but it might not be a publishing industry marketing team's dream book.

Not only have measures of wellbeing and happiness ceased to rise with economic growth but, as affluent societies have grown richer, there have been long - term rises in rates of anxiety, depression and numerous other social problems.

Stephanie Kiwitt is using photography to observe public space and reflect on the increasing commercialization of everyday life in our affluent Western society.

In the words of Marshall Sahlins, hunter - gatherers were «the original affluent society.»

What is more, past global warming has included both minor and mass extinction events (e.g. PETM, Permian - Triassic extinction) so even if current warming is in line with what's repeatedly been experienced in the past, it doesn't follow that either the process of warming or the end result are desireable from the perspective of maintaining an advanced, affluent, complex human society based on creating reliable surpluses of food for 7.5 + billion people.

Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»

To me this would appear to be a worst case scenario, based on the least developed economies building up energy infrastructures largely using fossil fuels, in order to pull their populations out of poverty, as China and India are doing today (thereby reducing their rate of population growth as they become more affluent and improving their carbon efficiencies) and the remaining societies continuing to improve their overall carbon efficiencies as they have already been doing.

More affluent societies have lower birth rates which go a long way in reducing pollution, greenhouse gases, and the drain on natural resources.

So if you are a privileged relatively affluent person who does not like taxes (dreams of bureaucrats) and on the other hand loves «freedom» reigning in society as well as in nature, the worst thing now would be a surge of justified guilt feelings and then solidarity resulting from recognition of AGW.

If our hope is to deploy solar and wind capacity that maintains indefinitely the current throughput of energy in the world's affluent societies, then, yes, the situation is hopeless.

But juxtaposing the 100 - percent scenarios that promise a permanent high - energy economy with critiques showing such projects to be futile should lead us to a different vision altogether: that, at least in affluent countries, it would be better simply to transform society so that it operates on far less end - use energy while assuring sufficiency for all.

Unless colossal efforts are undertaken now to halt the emission of greenhouse gases, those living in less affluent societies can expect to suffer from extremes of flooding, drought, starvation, disease, and death in potentially staggering numbers.

The exception to that may be those who have a high number of lawyers in their social and familial circles, i.e. the affluent and influential members of society who were never at risk for being confused over who the identity of the regulator is, or perhaps have rubbed shoulders with graduates of a prestigious Toronto school which shares the same name.

Those who are affluent have some of the greatest concern, due to the fact that in our litigious society, people are more likely to sue those who appear to have the means to pay.