Ethics, Economics and Sustainability

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ID21371369
AuthorsJames O’neill (0000-0002-7558-0033, corresponding author), John O'Neill
Year2022
Volume97
Issue3
Pages337-359
Publication date2022-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8191 • E-ISSN: 1469-817X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0031819122000225
OpenAlexW4289840997
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

On the dominant economic approach to environmental policy, environmental goods are conceptualised as forms of capital that provide services for human well-being. These services are assigned a monetary value to be weighed against the values of other goods and services. David Wiggins has offered a set of arguments against central assumptions about the nature of well-being, practical reason and ethical deliberation that underpin this dominant economic approach. In this paper I outline these arguments and consider their implications for understanding ethical demands across generations. The paper focuses, in particular, on their implications for understanding the nature and requirements of sustainability

Deliberation · Economics · Economy · Ecosystem services · Environmental ethics · Goods and services · Political science · Positive economics · Set (abstract data type) · Sustainability · Value (mathematics) · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Computer Science · Ecology · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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