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Title: Industry and energy: the moral dimensions

Journal Article · · Energy User News; (United States)
OSTI ID:6206285

Prof. MacIntyre examines the morality of the electric power industry in the historical context of creating a tradition for unchallenged demand growth. Past decisions are shown to have considered only technical matters and not violating negative prohibiting rules, but with failure to assert positive moral leadership. Positive tasks would include assuming more public responsibility in keeping with the strategic position and vast resources of the industry, Prof. MacIntyre feels. The electric power industry can, by shifting its patterns of investment, affect the nation's energy choices. Complexity and the hazards of oversimplification, the need to involve everyone in the discussion of energy costs and benefits, the ability to live with unpredictability, the avoidance of large-scale irreversible decisions, and recognition of limitations are all part of the moral dimensions the industry needs to address.

Research Organization:
Boston Univ., MA
OSTI ID:
6206285
Journal Information:
Energy User News; (United States), Vol. 4:22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English