Sentences with phrase «technical solutions to social problems»

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The social sciences, in his view, have seriously undermined the plausibility of such values, rendering them relativistic and secondary to a kind of technical reason devoted to the solution of social problems through the application of technical knowledge.

British architect Austin Williams — http://www.futurecities.org.uk — promotes a human - centred approach to nature; challenges risk - aversion and the precautionary principle; believes that environmentalism is driving down social aspirations; criticises the use of politicised solutions to technical problems; encourages debate, argument, critical dialogue and freedom of expression, and fights for development instead of sustainable development.