Title: Spiritual aspects of strategic energy challenges

Authors: Vjekoslav Bajsic

Addresses: Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Abstract: People have a tendency to react to events with ancient instincts. While these equipped mankind well when we lived in harmony with nature at a time when resources were plentiful, our modern life requires a more ethical approach to nature. But our modern society is based on free enterprise and free trade, and there principles are not, in themselves, conducive to the conservation of energy. The wider recognition of spiritual values would assist us in reassessing our true needs. The spiritual ideal of a simple and humble life, in which self-control is practiced in the use of material wealth, is very appropriate to our goals of conserving energy resources for posterity and preserving endangered nature.

Keywords: consumerism; energy policy; environmental damage; ethical policies; materialism; spiritual values; ethics; strategic challenges; global energy issues; energy conservation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1991.063668

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1991 Vol.3 No.1, pp.42-45

Published online: 18 Jul 2014 *

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