Population, Progress, Ethics
Why Things Look So Haywire
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History, the memory of our near and distant past, is vitally important to a real understanding of our current world. But just as important, for all of us, should be the awareness that what is happening right now -- in so many aspects of our of our humanly-created world -- is without precedent, is enormous in intensity, and is thus fraught with extraordinary danger. Yet on the other hand, all of this change does open up the potential of our creating a future with some great possibilities -- for an amazing and wonderful time ahead. We need to look, to see, and to decide. The sheer size of the global impact that mankind is having today makes much of what is occurring -- and what will likely be occurring shortly -- irreversible. All the more reason for us to stop and look.
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Population, Progress, Ethics addresses a number of critical problems America currently faces. First, and most importantly, this book tackles the huge issue of human overpopulation, a crisis now affecting everyone on our planet. The world’s human population has tripled in the author’s lifetime, to more than 7.5 billion, creating significant challenges around the globe. The book next examines the changing conditions that our present-day environmental difficulties are posing to society. More broadly, the author reviews the current economic and social troubles currently ailing the United States, but not in a strict “economics textbook” manner. His book posits that the routine rhetoric and stance of those on both the left and the right of the political spectrum are often reflexes, and of limited usefulness in the face of the grave issues facing the nation and the rest of the globe. On a positive note, Stephen McKevitt crafts a reasoned, passionate argument for communities and professionals to unite in solving these problems. The author comes up with a “to-do list” for his readers, offering a number of possible and reasonable steps that the citizens of our nation can take to better the lives of us all, and the rest of the world, too, as we head into the future.
About the Author
Steve McKevitt was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in nearby Maryland. After many years working for the federal government, he has recently retired and is now engaged in some explorations into the fascinating civic and cultural history of the Unites States. He is also the author of Meridian Hill: A History, published in 2014.