"Sustainability"
Robin Attfield and Barry Wilkins argue that there are ethical criteria independent of the criterion of sustainability, so critiquing the view that a practice which ought not to be followed must therefore not be sustainable.
Robin Attfield and Barry Wilkins argue that there are ethical criteria independent of the criterion of sustainability, so critiquing the view that a practice which ought not to be followed must therefore not be sustainable.
Wilfred Beckerman discusses “sustainable development” and “sustainability” in relation to welfare maximization.
Herman Daly, Michael Jacobs, and Henryk Skolimowski respond to Wilfred Beckerman’s article “Sustainable Development: Is it a Useful Concept?” Environmental Values 3, 3 (1994): 191–209.
Philip Sarre argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global.
The essay presents a brief summary of the development of nuclear power in Germany, arguing that the decision of 2011 was the final step in a long farewell and discusses how the methodological arsenal of the historical profession can shed light on future developments.
John M. Francis discusses nature conservation and the precautionary principle.
Anja Nygren analyses the social and political discourses related to environment and sustainable development in Costa Rica.
Nigel Dower discusses human development in relation to environmental ethics.
Oluf Langhelle discusses expansion of the Rawlsian framework of global justice in relation to sustainable development.
Sheila Jasanoff analyses the four mechanisms that according to her have helped to strip development of its subjective and meaning-laden elements.