This quote by Gifford Pinchot could be used as the root control rule for spaceship Earth.
A non-political measurable goal. Not the right to pursue happiness, that is inherently self-defeating, but rather the right to maintain happiness. Big difference.
References
- Explore the ramifications of this quote applied to Economics in: “What’s the Economy For Anyway“; John De Graaf, David K. Batker. Bloomsbury Press, NY, 2011.
- Char, Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism.
- What’s The Economy For, Anyway? (Bullfrog Films clip)
- Seeking the Greatest Good, The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot; Treatment