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Stephen Stuart - BATNA - Future Salon

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Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Stephen Stuart is the president of the Humanist Society of Victoria (Australia) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_alternative_to_a_negotiated_agreement BATNA - Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement - In negotiation theory, the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA is the course of action that will be taken by a party if the current negotiations fail and an agreement cannot be reached. BATNA is the key focus and the driving force behind a successful negotiator. A party should generally not accept a worse resolution than its BATNA. Care should be taken, however, to ensure that deals are accurately valued, taking into account all considerations, such as relationship value, time value of money and the likelihood that the other party will live up to their side of the bargain. These other considerations are often difficult to value, since they are frequently based on uncertain or qualitative considerations, rather than easily measurable and quantifiable factors.

http://www.victorianhumanist.com - A sound exposition of Humanism today is the book,
On Humanism, by Richard Norman, 2nd edition, 2012 (Thinking in Action series, Routledge).  Humanistic ideas of worldly concern for humanity can be found in ancient China, India and Greece.The motto of 'think for yourself' was revived in Europe by the Enlightenment movement and the rise of modern science. Modern Humanism is a non - religious world - view, formulated by progressive groups in several countries during the twentieth century,
which coalesced into a world - wide movement in reaction to the horrors of
the Second World War.

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