Difference between revisions of "Religion and Economics Questions"

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How might we make economics and religion more consilient with science-based worldview? (<300 words)

1. Define biophysical economics.
2. Define externality.
3. What effect upon stated profit do people in enterprise achieve by externalizing costs?
4. According to biophysical economists, what is the current general quantitative relationship between externalities and profits?
5. Give one or more reasons you think people are reviving biophysical economics now after ignoring it for so long.
6. What are two or more interests some people aim to further by resisting a shift to biophysical economics?
7. Whose ideas about value, weighted in what way, are reflected in market prices?
8. What is a central theoretical challenge of biophysical economics?
9. Define: wealth, income, incomism, capital, capitalism, communism as we have in this course.
10. Define relig and delig as we do in this course.
11. What are three perils of persisting in religing based upon anything but science?
12. Name three potential benefits of evolving religing to be more thoroughly grounded upon science.
13. In what ways do you think you can contribute to evolving economics and religion to be more consilient with a science-based worldview?

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 * 11. What are three perils of persisting in religing based upon anything but science?
 * 12. Name three potential benefits of evolving religing to be more thoroughly grounded upon science.
-* 13. In what ways do you think you can contribute to evolving economics and religion to be more consilient with a science-based world-view?
+* 13. In what ways do you think you can contribute to evolving economics and religion to be more consilient with a science-based worldview?