Quality of Life Improvement Through Social Cohesion

• Autorzy: Walenty Ostasiewicz

Warianty tytułu

Poprawa jakości życia poprzez spójność społeczną

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to present briefly, rather than discuss systematically, the personal view on the problem of quality of living studies. In the most concise form the position advocated in this paper is expressed by the following slogans. Values, rather than prices. Human being has dignity not a price. Contractorian ethics instead of utilitarian one. The three: state, society and market, are rather the trees planted by welfare society than a member of a ménage à trois. Solidarity is more natural for humankind than exchange. Rather functioning, i.e., improvement by empowerment than opulence should be a criterion for human activity. Deliberation on quality of life should be more philosophically founded. To establish shared and agreed values is much more important problem to study than the study of the women’s satisfaction from markets visiting or the usefulness of telephones. (original abstract)

Jakość życia zwykle traktowana jest jako cecha pojedynczych ludzi oraz jako cecha całych społeczności. W artykule proponuje się dodatkowo traktować jakość życia jako dobro publiczne „produkowane” przez państwo, ponieważ to właśnie państwo (i jego organy samorządowe) jest odpowiedzialne za warunki, w jakich żyją jego obywatele. Do „produkcji” jakościowego produktu można wówczas zastosować sprawdzoną w praktyce metodologię o nazwie TQM. Spójność społeczna jest traktowana jako najważniejsza charakterystyka społeczeństwa jako całości, tzn. jako odrębnego bytu. Bez solidarności i odpowiedzialności społecznej jakość życia ludzi nigdy nie będzie zadowalająca. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Quality of life; Social cohesion; People's living conditions

PL

Jakość życia; Spójność społeczna; Warunki życia ludności

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2009
• Numer: nr 73 Quality of Life Improvement through Social Cohesion
• Strony: 41--49

Twórcy

autor

Walenty Ostasiewicz

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

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