Don't worry, Cynthia; no one's in charge:On the tension between control and freedom

Cottey, Alan (2012) Don't worry, Cynthia; no one's in charge:On the tension between control and freedom. In: 2012 IFAC Workshop on International Stability and Systems Engineering, 2012-06-11 - 2012-06-13, Waterford Institute of Technology.

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Abstract

In this contribution to the Session The Roles and Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers in Achieving a Just and Sustainable World at the SWIIS (Supplementary Ways of Improving International Stability) 2012 conference International Stability and Systems Engineering, I argue that the possessive market society (Macpherson's concept, here explained briefly) is unreformable and that radical changes in the future are inevitable, mainly for ecological reasons. I discuss some historical cases and current progress. I propose two principles (concerning basic human needs and the control/autonomy balance) as the foundation on which further research is built and make some broad-brush suggestions about the nature of such research.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	control,ecology,international stability,social requirements,social responsibility,stability,sustainability,technology,control and systems engineering,sociology and political science,ecology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200/2207
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2014 13:04
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2022 16:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47435
DOI:	10.3182/20120611-3-IE-4029.00016

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