Circular Reasoning in Politics "Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota offers a perfectlycircular argument: we can't have the public option, because if we do, health care reform won't get the votes of senators like him. 'In a 60-vote environment," he says . . ., 'you've got to attract...
On the one hand, this seems like an example of circular reasoning. On the other hand, the circularity in this argument is due to how things work in real life: if people leave, things get worse. And if things get worse, people leave in even greater numbers. Therefore, this is not a ...
More specifically, Puig de la Bellacasa (2017) conceptualises care using three dimensions: labour/work (the practical doings that maintain ‘as well as possible’ relations), affect/affections (from love and joy to frustration and shame), and ethics/politics (caring as situated, practical interve...
Are there uncertainties, paradoxes, and dilemmas of decision-making that you consider barriers in the transition to a circular economy? What examples have you come across in your work or other area of activities? Do you agree with the internal logics of the CDMT? (What would you add or adj...
In this section, we will make the argument that the circular economy will fail to reach its potential because it operates within a system that fundamentally cannot allow for its transformative goals. Specifically, that system is one of market economics, which now pervades nearly every corner of ...
[43]. The idea has also been put into practice with the argument that it reduces negative environmental impacts and stimulates new business opportunities [18]. Unlike traditional recycling, practical policies and business-oriented circular economy approaches emphasize the reuse of components and ...
Core Principles of Market Systems as Barriers to a Functional Circular Economy In this section, we will make the argument that the circular economy will fail to reach its potential because it operates within a system that fundamentally cannot allow for its transformative goals. Specifically...
There is no argument, for example, for reuse with poor efficiency. On the other hand, according to the definition by Potting et al., the product under investigation must be in good condition. However, this definition is not sufficient in the battery domain, as even in good condition, more...
(related to both air pollution and greenhouse gases damages) of the diesel car fleet in Italy compared to petrol in the 1990–2015 period, with the argument that the lower excise duty of diesel fuel as compared to petrol has favored over the years the growing-up of the diesel car share ...
Justifying the previous argument, Reis et al. [40] stressed that the defense industry is moving towards a quintuple helix, where military innovations are being transferred to civil society (dual-use) and with increasing attention to the environment. Despite the efforts, the defense sector in ...