Is there no such thing as progress? Standard of living may rise but quality of life remains d same. Do u agree

Answer 1

In the present time, this trend of thought about social progress leads to four main kinds of responses:

* Neo-conservatism, which returns to the old idea that nothing ever truly changes in the human condition, and the eternal values of religion. The ability of people to change anything other than themselves is vastly overrated. Here, the emphasis is on honouring a traditional way of life which allegedly proved itself as superior in the past, and to which we should return.

* Neo-liberalism, which affirms the power and potential of change, but only on a personal, individual level. The idea that the state could be an instrument of social betterment in society as a whole is totally rejected; only free choices made in markets can hold any promise of social progress.

* Socialism, which argues that state direction of social progress booked very important positive results; at the simplest level, it was able to overcome problems of hunger and disease, and raise the material and cultural standard of living for the great masses where markets could not. This leads to the defence of public services and assets, and the case for regulation of market activity.

* Various strands of new radicalism, which begin to question again the objective criteria by which we could measure human social progress. For example, labour productivity might be a criterion of social progress, but how about infant mortality? This kind of thinking rejects the political traditions of the past, and argues that a variety of criteria must be applied to assess social progress. In some cases, this leads to new charters for the moral criteria to which a society should aspire; in other cases, authentic lived experience in society with all its complexities is emphasized.

Answer 2

Standard of living deals more with your material well being - do you own a nice car, a home, go on a nice vacation every year - that sort of thing. Quality of life deals more with the "touchy feely" issues like - spending time with family, enjoying life, satisfying personal relationships and such. You have to create your own balance, to find where you will be happy. You can make a ton of cash and be miserable or be relatively poor and enjoy life to the fullest. It's up to you.

I would say over all that quality of life in America has gone downhill.

Answer 3

You may mean quality of one's SPIRITUAL life. Yeah, you could be right.

Answer 4

No. It depends on the person. For some it will not change but for many it does.

Answer 5

as long as there is a will there is a way!