The True
Authors: Ansley Erickson, Brandon Buck, and David Houston
Published 2014
As defined by the Thriving Cities Project, the endowment of “The True” concerns how the production and distribution of knowledge can or do relate to thriving by contributing to city and metropolitan life in three intersecting areas: culture, democracy, and the economy.
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The Good
Author: William Hasselberger
Published 2014
This endowment brief encompasses two broad and complex topics in ethical thought: human flourishing, on the one hand, and moral character and its development, on the other. More pithily: the good life and the morally good life.
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The Beautiful
Authors: Anna Marazuela Kim, Elizabeth Merrill, Christopher C. Miller, and Christopher S. Yates
Published 2014
It is our purpose in this brief to reclaim and affirm beauty’s foundational role as an Endowment of the city.
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The Just and Well-Ordered
Author: Guian McKee
Published 2014
The Just and Well-Ordered refers to the manner in which the institutions and practices of political and civic life contribute to or hinder the capacity of all citizens to thrive.
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The Prosperous
Authors: Gregory B. Fairchild, Ben Alexander, and Alison Elias
Published 2014
This endowment brief serves to examine the role and relevance of prosperous endowments in cities and metropolitan areas, to critique the current discourse on economic progress, and to assist in developing a more integrated notion of what it means to progress, economically and otherwise.
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The Sustainable
Author: Eric Zeemering
Published 2014
Within the Thriving Cities framework, the sustainable city is one that promotes both environmental and human well-being.
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