Sustainability ethics and sustainability research / Christian U. Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Christian U.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability--Moral and ethical aspects.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

xiii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2012]

Contents:

1. Introduction

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 challenge of sustainability ethics

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

9. The relational dimension of sustainability ethics and the role of individual morality

10. The structural dimension of sustainability ethics

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.

Notes:

Revised version of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Kaiserslautern University, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9789400722842

9400722842

OCLC:

740625894

Publisher Number:

99946280787