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| Author: | Jackson, W. |
| Title: | The Modern Dilemma and the Challenge to Systems Thinkers |
| Journal: | Systems Research and Behavioral Science
2002 : SEP-OCT, VOL. 19:5, p. 399-406 |
| Index terms: | SYSTEMS ANALYSIS COMPLEXITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In a world with an exploding human population and declining non-renewable resources, three kinds of intellectuals weigh in as inquirers into the human prospect. Two agree that the European-North American- Japanese path of development cannot be sustained. The third scholar studiously avoids being drawn into the discussion as he advances a recipe for right livelihood, which ignores economic considerations by advancing a moral argument. Systems thinking, a form of reductionism, it is argued, must remain subordinate to a dialectical approach to solving our problems. The paper provides a substantial list of references on this subject. |
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