Quality of life and worldviews Flashcards
What are needs for the present and future generation?
Not everyone’s wants and needs are the same.
Basic means (needs?)
‘Lower physiological needs. Including food, water, shelter etc.
Basic ends
‘higher’ psychological needs. Including identity, meaning, respect, etc.
The more basic … are fulfilled, the higher the desire to fulfill basic …
Needs
Ends
Indicators for the needs
Objective indicators from empirical and statistics research.
- disease occurence
- education level
- Poverty line income
- Family size
Halfway socia-economic indicators
indicators from a combination of subjectiv and objective methods
- Public goods delivered
- Corruption index, crime index
- GDP/cap -> income [distribution]
Indicators for basic ends
subjective indicators from surveys and interviews.
- Happiness index
- Subjective well-Being
An often used indicator for needs
Expenditures
GDP/cap/yr
GDP is associated with
the idea that it should grow and that growth comes from the creation of jobs.
GDP is a bad indicator for quality of life because
all expenditures from a nation are included. Examples: military expenses, effects from car accidents, etc.
Seven factor for being happy
- family ties
- financial situation
- work
- social environment
- health
- personal freedom and philosophy of life
Two factors for one’s experience of happiness
- Comparison with others (reference drift)
- Getting used (preference drift)
Important factor that contributes to well-being:
the possibility and choice to do something. You don’t have to use it, to appreciate the option to use it; like freedom of speech.
Religions used to have a …
normative statement on consumption. Most of them have dissapeared.
Needs is a
social construct with social interactions as an important dynamic
