Integrating Human, Social, and Sustainable Development

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Integrating Human, Social, and Sustainable Development is written by Leon Miller and published by Ethics International Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1804419877 (ISBN 10) and 9781804419878 (ISBN 13).

The conviction that the basic intent of social activity is to realize the goal that human social action aims to achieve, is fundamental to political thinking, practice, and philosophy. This book proposes a model for realizing this goal, by employing fundamental socio-political principles for establishing stable relations between citizens, social order, solidarity, cohesion, harmony, good will, prosperity, and sustainable peace. In other words, the major centers of civilization regard socio-political philosophy as a prescription for human development (i.e., developing the capabilities of individuals and enabling them to realize desired functionings) and social development. Capabilities are defined as qualities that enable individuals to convert primary social goods into the value “ends” that enable them to live well. Developing capabilities provides substantive freedom to choose a life one has reason to value, as well as the ability to realize desired functionings, as Amartya Kumar Sen puts it. Functionings are the states of being that enable people to live with dignity or the substantive opportunity to achieve the things they value doing or being.