[Peace praxis is] a peace process that deals with conflict integratively. Kenneth E. Boulding More Quotes by Kenneth E. Boulding More Quotes From Kenneth E. Boulding ... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems to be extending to the whole world society. Kenneth E. Boulding typical men past [In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world... Land, labor, and capital are extremely heterogeneous aggregates, not much better than earth, air, fire, and water. Kenneth E. Boulding land real fire Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in which each party wishes to occupy a position that is incompatible with the wishes of the other. Kenneth E. Boulding competition party wish Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit Kenneth E. Boulding flower ignorance humble [The consumer is] the supreme mover of economic order... for whom all goods are made and towards whom all economic activity is directed. Kenneth E. Boulding economic made order [There will be movement toward] behavioral economics... [which] involves study of those aspects of men's images, or cognitive and affective structures that are more relevant to economic decisions. Kenneth E. Boulding study decision men Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods. Kenneth E. Boulding criticism practice self There are, of course, a number of epistemological questions, some of which lie more in the province of the philosopher than they do the economist or the social scientist. The one with which I am particularly concerned here is that of the role of knowledge in social systems, both as a product of the past and as a determinant of the future. Kenneth E. Boulding numbers lying past It is absurd to suppose we can think of nature as a system apart from knowledge, for it is knowledge that is increasingly determining the course of nature. Kenneth E. Boulding absurd courses thinking The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage, uncontrollable emotion, and a desperate search for identity. Out of adolescence, however, comes maturity in which physical growth with all its attendant difficulties comes to an end, but in which growth continues in knowledge, in spirit, in community, and in love; it is to this that we look forward as a human race. This goal, once seen with our eyes, will draw our faltering feet toward it. Kenneth E. Boulding maturity eye feet [The historical] development in the international system may almost be defined as the process by which we pass from stable war to stable peace. Kenneth E. Boulding development historical war One reason why the progressive state is 'cheerful' is that social conflict is diminished by it. Kenneth E. Boulding cheerful conflict reason-why The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard to get rid of. Kenneth E. Boulding mankind land should The tourist business is a trap, it is a tained honey; Man clearly should have stayed in bed, and not invented money. Kenneth E. Boulding should-have mother men As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into two equal parts is well within living memory. The world of today is as different from the world I was born in as that world was from Julius Caesar s. I was born in the middle of human history, to date, roughly. Almost as much has happened since I was born as happened before. Kenneth E. Boulding different memories two Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure. Kenneth E. Boulding failure failing life Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? Kenneth E. Boulding nature men world With laissez-faire and price atomic, ecology's uneconomic, But with another kind of logic economy's unecologic. Kenneth E. Boulding laissez-faire logic kind Mathematics brought rigor to Economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis. Kenneth E. Boulding rigor-mortis economics mathematics Economists are like computers. They need to have facts punched into them. Kenneth E. Boulding computer facts needs
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