Abstract
’sustainability’, as indicated in Chapter 1, in the first place depends on people’s value orientations and, secondly, on the carrying capacity of the physical, social and economic environment in which these values are to be realized. At the same time, however, this carrying capacity of the social and economic environment, in turn, largely depends on these very value orientations. Given the apparently important role of value orientations, the search for sustainability has to begin with finding the answers to questions that are related to people’s opinions and values, and thus the ‘worldviews’ they hold. Worldviews not only vary between people but also over time; they represent a particular Zeitgeist. An analysis of the various worldviews and how they change over time could provide a picture of the causes of recurring sustainability problems. As these causes become visible, so will their solutions.
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van Egmond, K. (2014). Human Value Orientations: Worldviews. In: Sustainable Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137382702_2
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