PHIL 149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Kenneth Galbraith, Conspicuous Consumption
13 Jul 2017
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Why economic reading? b. c economic wants need resources, and those resources came from the environment. Soiutions to environmental problems are blocked because they might interfere with economic growth. An outline for a moral argument for economic growth: (argument: chain of reason that justify a conclusion) The mood goods are produced, the more goods there are for consumers to consume. The more good for consumers to consume, the more good they will consume. The more consumer goods that consumers will consume, the more if their desires are satis ed. The more consumer desires are satis es the better quality of life the consumers have. Conclusion economic growth improves the overall quality of life in the consumer"s society. Galbraith argues against the justi cation listed on the page before. An argument that not all ways of increasing the number of satis ed desires a person has improves that person"s quality of life. I have the antidote your desires are not satis ed.
