TY  - BOOK
AU  - Westacott,Emrys
TI  - The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less 
SN  - 9780691155081
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Simplicity
KW  - Thriftiness
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Admiration
KW  - Americans
KW  - Asceticism
KW  - Boredom
KW  - Callicles
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Career
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Commodity
KW  - Consideration
KW  - Conspicuous consumption
KW  - Consumerism
KW  - Consumption (economics)
KW  - Contentment
KW  - Credit card debt
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Debt
KW  - Demand
KW  - Distrust
KW  - Ecological footprint
KW  - Economic growth
KW  - Economics
KW  - Economist
KW  - Economy
KW  - Employment
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Epicureanism
KW  - Epicurus
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Frugality
KW  - Generosity
KW  - Gratitude
KW  - Greed
KW  - Harmony with nature
KW  - Hedonic treadmill
KW  - Household
KW  - Hypocrisy
KW  - Income
KW  - Individualism
KW  - Indulgence
KW  - Industrialisation
KW  - Involuntary unemployment
KW  - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
KW  - John Maynard Keynes
KW  - Juliet Schor
KW  - Literature
KW  - Luxury goods
KW  - Make A Difference
KW  - Meal
KW  - Modernity
KW  - Moral character
KW  - Morality
KW  - National Endowment for the Humanities
KW  - Natural environment
KW  - Pension
KW  - Philosopher
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Pity
KW  - Politician
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Public good
KW  - Real estate appraisal
KW  - Real estate bubble
KW  - Reason
KW  - Recreation
KW  - Recycling
KW  - Religion
KW  - Republic (Plato)
KW  - Romanticism
KW  - Saving
KW  - Self-Reliance
KW  - Self-control
KW  - Self-help book
KW  - Self-interest
KW  - Self-sufficiency
KW  - Simple living
KW  - Skepticism
KW  - Social commentary
KW  - Social status
KW  - Sophistication
KW  - Standard of living
KW  - Stoicism
KW  - Suggestion
KW  - Superiority (short story)
KW  - Supermarket
KW  - Sut Jhally
KW  - Tax
KW  - Technology
KW  - The Other Hand
KW  - Tranquillity
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Utilitarianism
KW  - Utopia
KW  - Vegetable
KW  - Virtue ethics
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Welfare
KW  - Well-being
KW  - Work ethic
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. What is Simplicity? --; 2. Why simple Living Is Supposed to Improve Us --; 3. Why Simple Living Is Thought to Make Us Happier --; 4. Why the Philosophy of Frugality Is a Hard Sell --; 5. The Pros and Cons of Extravagance --; 6. The Philosophy of Frugality in a Modern Economy --; 7. The Environmentalist Case for Simple Living --; Conclusion --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant?In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people have ignored them, but argues that, in a world facing environmental crisis, it may finally be time to listen to the advocates of a simpler way of life.The Wisdom of Frugality explores what simplicity means, why it's supposed to make us better and happier, and why, despite its benefits, it has always been such a hard sell. The book looks not only at the arguments in favor of living frugally and simply, but also at the case that can be made for luxury and extravagance, including the idea that modern economies require lots of getting and spending.A philosophically informed reflection rather than a polemic, The Wisdom of Frugality ultimately argues that we will be better off—as individuals and as a society—if we move away from the materialistic individualism that currently rules
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400883301?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400883301
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400883301/original
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