ENSC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Natural Justice, Ecological Footprint, Rational Choice Theory
4 Oct 2018
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Structuralists say that our attitudes and behavior are driven by deep structures that need to change before our behavior can change. (example: economic structures). Voluntarists say that our attitudes and behavior are relatively independent" of the structures that inform them. For structuralists, attitudes and behaviors are too superficial. For voluntarists, part of the complex web of influences that causes us to behave one way rather than another. In uk, they use fiscal incentives, the idea that people are encouraged into environmentally beneficial behavior through offering them financial advantages and penalties. Example: road-pricing, durham has a beautiful and old city center that was suffering due to a lot of traffic, so city planners decided to adopt a road- pricing scheme. It now costs a modest amount to take your car there. Traffic cut by 90% in just a few months. This approach changes one"s behavior but not necessarily changes one"s attitude.
