Sustainable action and motivation : pathways for individuals, institutions and humanity / Roland Mees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mees, Roland, author.

Series:

Routledge Environmental Ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Psychological aspects--Case studies.

Sustainable development.

Environmental psychology.

Moral motivation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Sustainable Action and Motivation proposes individual competencies and institutional policies that can help overcome the motivational hurdles that hamper sustainable action. Following the Paris Agreement of 2015 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the political momentum to urgently begin the drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has increased significantly. Affluent, high-income OECD countries are expected to take the lead in the global transition to a low carbon society. Given this, we need a better understanding of the motivational problems which people in affluent countries face with acting sustainably. This book investigates the above questions by analysing three fundamentally different perspectives: the motivation of individuals to act sustainably, institutions who take responsibility for issuing policies that steer us towards taking sustainable action, and humanity, of which each individual member ought to understand her non-sustainable behaviour in relation to the continued existence of the collective of human beings. Using theories from the psychology of moral motivation and a phenomenological approach to the research, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of practical philosophy, psychology of motivation and environmental psychology, as well as policy makers looking for ways to implement effective policies that encourage pro-environmental behaviour"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The problem with motivation for sustainable action

Methodological considerations

The case study material

Motivational challenges in the deliberative phase

Motivational challenges in the commitment phase

Motivational challenges in the executive phase

Pathways for individual agents and institutions

Moral corruption and the pathway for humanity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-57854-7

0-429-57643-9

0-429-19967-8

9780429199677

OCLC:

1126285015