ENEP250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Planned Obsolescence, Individualism, Food Additives Amendment Of 1958

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Energy and Environmental Policy
• Course: ENEP250
• Professor: Dr. Casey Taylor

Document Summary

Beliefs, values and ideas that influences our thinking about society, government, and rules/ responsibilities of individuals. How we think or understand the world around us. Stop working - not built to last. From environmentalist view - our economy isn"t that great. Recognizes economy is connected and within the environment. Advocates for replacing gdp as the way to measure growth. Growth for the sake of growth is not going to work. We can not depend on this long term. Not saying getting rid of market based - instead of growth our goal should be development. Development is about improving quality of life, qualitative. You can continue to development without growing. Values are important, sometimes we do things for others. Do not have all information for rational decision. Markets are unreliable indicators of when resources are approaching their limits. Delaney clause no known carcinogens or can cause cancer will be allowed in any food, drugs or cosmetics in us.