Wissenburg, Marcel. “Global and Ecological Justice: Prioritising Conflicting Demands.” Environmental Values 15, no. 4 (2006): 425–39. doi:10.3197/096327106779116131.
‘Global and ecological justice’ (or some variant) is a very popular catchphrase in policy documents, treaties, publications by think-tanks, NGOs and other bodies. I argue that it represents an informal combination of four distinct and sometimes conflicting ideas: global justice, protection of the ecology, sustainability and sustainable growth. To solve the practical, conceptual and logical complications thus caused, a more precise interpretation of global justice and ecological justice is suggested, on the basis of which it is also possible to rank the two and re-interpret the further goals of sustainability and growth. (Source: The White Horse Press)
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