15.+Assignments+for+Week+of+May+30

ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF MAY 30


 * Readings**

1. "Buddhist Economics" from __Small is Beautiful__, by Eric Schumacher. Harper & Row, New York, 1973. (This is in a different format from the handout, but is the same text in case you need an online version.) TWO TAKEAWAYS and ONE QUESTION

2. "Real Growth: Promoting the Well-being of People and Nature", Chapter 6, plus a couple of pages from Chapter 7 from //The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability// by James Gustave Speth. Caravan Books, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008. This had to be uploaded in two parts. TWO TAKEAWAYS and ONE QUESTION

3. "Parable of the Poor Man's Son" from __Theory of Moral Sentiments__, by Adam Smith. Parable ONE TAKEAWAY and ONE QUESTION

Discuss an ethical issue that interested you in our study of the Environment/ Climate change or Capitalism.
 * FINAL CONCEPT PAPER** DUE Wednesday June 1 (500 words)