- O la capra o i cavoli
- Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi
Qualche riflessione finale
- Nicolò Bellanca
- Luca Pardi
- © 2020 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2.17
We introduce the concept of "tragic choices": those that concern our vital and identity experiences. As in the tragedies of classical Greek theater, there are circumstances in which there is no right and wrong, since theses capable of exhibiting arguments of almost equal strength are opposed. This is what happens today due to the contrast between economic and ecological predicaments: there is no optimal choice in this regard, valid always and in any case, that allows us to neglect and forget the other option. This is why, in pragmatic terms, the concept of “a-growth” is useful: we check on a case-by-case basis when economic growth can still be useful, when it should be slowed down and when it needs to be reduced. This approach is part of the research, itself pragmatic, of the "boundaries of the biosphere". These are not rigid limits, but constraints that must be interpreted and adapted, based on the idea of "being happy", where being satisfied means making the biosphere feel good with us inside.
- Keywords:
- Tragic choices,
- a-growth,
- biosphere,
- trade-offs,
- be satisfied,
- pandemic,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3809-3455
CNR-IPCF, Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6870-1490
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Qualche riflessione finale
Authors
Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2.17
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
O la capra o i cavoli
Book Subtitle
La biosfera, l’economia e il futuro da inventare
Authors
Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
210
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-194-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-195-2
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919