Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Becker, Christian U. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Science.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Philosophy of Science.; Environment, general.; Science, general.; Philosophy of Technology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.