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E.g. the Communists insist they are benefiting the Tibetans.
Or consider the native Hawaiians vs. the telescope on their sacred volcano Mauna Kea.
Without establishing the greater context "progress" is a shiboleth.
Wendell Berry has an essay, "What are People For?", that's worth reading in this connexion.
The simplest way to encounter the issue is be asking yourself, as a two-year old would, "And then what..? And then what..? And then what..?"
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E.g. the Communists insist they are benefiting the Tibetans.
Or consider the native Hawaiians vs. the telescope on their sacred volcano Mauna Kea.
Without establishing the greater context "progress" is a shiboleth.
Wendell Berry has an essay, "What are People For?", that's worth reading in this connexion.
The simplest way to encounter the issue is be asking yourself, as a two-year old would, "And then what..? And then what..? And then what..?"