Session 4: Perspectives from Economics and Society (Englisch)

With H.H. the Dalai Lama, Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. (Interpreter), Dr Uwe Jean Heuser (Moderator), Prof. Dennis James Snower, Ph.D., Prof. Sir Paul Collier, Dr Vandana Shiva, Theo Sowa

Politics and economics are the quintessential arenas for the expression of power in the social realm. Since political-economic reasoning dominates our social and cultural lives, how can motivations belonging to the "care constellation" be introduced into economic thinking and therefore into the societal structures that regulate human relations? Indeed, there are other models and behaviors that can create equilibrium between these elements that determine so much of our daily existence.
The age-old struggle between power and care is of particular relevance in financial and economic systems. Attaining a balance between these seemingly opposed principles may very well determine the future of our global social and economic circumstances. In addition to making critical changes in institutional design and law, our ability to transform our own motivations from selfcenteredness to altruism has become crucial to building more sustainable and collaborative societies.
Such views, however, are not yet part of mainstream economic models. The neoclassical notion of the self-serving "homo-economicus" still dominates, and prevailing analyses are based on the concept of stable and observable preferences focusing on optimizing self-interest rather than on motives such as affiliation and care. Furthermore, inequality is increasing in industrialized countries and the problem of the wealth gap is worsening. It is only relatively recently, and prompted by the financial crisis of the past years, that alternative models involving notions of sustainability, cooperation and care, and varied human motivational systems, have started to be taken seriously. We will look at models currently being formulated that are inspired by principles of care and a vision of a more caring economy.

Session 4, Mind and Life Europe Conferences with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 09. - 11. September 2016, Brüssel, Belgien, ca. 127 Minuten auf 2 CDs oder 1 DVD

Podium aus dem Jahr 2016, aufgenommen in Brüssel

Sprache: Englisch

 

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