Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research
This philosophical contribution to the discussion of sustainability develops a distinct approach to sustainability ethics and suggests a new avenue for sustainability research. Referring to the inherent ethical meaning of the modern concept of sustainability, the author argues that without an adeq...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- PART I: Sustainability and Ethics
- 2. The Meaning of Sustainability
- 3. The Inherent Ethical Dimension of Sustainability – Toward a Relational Ethical Perspective
- 4. Limits and Potential of Traditional Moral Philosophy and Current Ethics – Some Arguments For the Need For a New Type of Sustainability Ethics
- 5. The Challenges of Sustainability Ethics
- PART II: Meta-structures and Sustainability
- 6. Sustainability, Institutions, and Patterns of Thought and Action
- 7. Meta-structures
- 8. The Impact of the Web of Meta-structures on the Sustainability Relations
- PART III: Toward a New Sustainability Ethics
- 9. The Relational Dimension of Sustainability Ethics and the Role of Individual Morality
- 10. The Structural Dimension of Sustainability Ethics
- PART IV: Toward an Encompassing Sustainability Research
- 11. The Need For a New Type of Sustainability Research
- 12. Inter- and Transdisciplinarity
- 13. Capabilities and Personal Identity of the Researcher
- 14. The Role of Philosophy for Sustainability Research
- 15. Conclusion
- Index