The Politics of Sustainability: Philosophical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138064348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 234 str.

Dieter Birnbacher; May Thorseth

Opis

This book examines the motivational and institutional obstacles standing in the way of a consistent politics of sustainability and to look for strategies to overcome them.

Recenzje

"‘The Politics of Sustainability: Philosophical Perspectives’, edited by Dieter Birnhacher and May Thorseth, brings a new angle into the discussion of the politics of sustainable development: ethical considerations." – Jose Goldemberg, Electrotechnical and Energy Institute (IEE), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil

Spis treści

Part 1 Overview  1. Origin and objects of the volume  Part 2 Institutional and individual determinants of non-sustainable  2. Climate change and motivation: The obstacle from conflicting perspectives behaviour  3. The liberal tragedy of the Commons. The deficiency of democracy in changing climate  4. Institutional obstacles to Sustainable Governance of natural resources: a deliberative approach  5. Ideology and practice of the 'Green Economy' – world views shaping science and politics  Part 3 Visions of the future, new orientations  6. Some moral pragmatics of climate change  7. Climate justice, motivation and harm  8. We can’t, we wont. Climate justice for the unable and unwilling  9. Is democracy an obstacle to ecological change?  10. Sustainable action and 'moral corruption'  Part 4 Individual and institutional roads to sustainability  11. Libertarian Paternalism, sustainable self-binding and bounded freedom  12. The 'Missing Link': Polarization and the need for 'Trial by Jury' decision procedures  13. An extended separation of powers model – the theoretical basis for the representation of future generations

O autorze

Dieter Birnbacher is Professor of Philosophy at University of Düsseldorf, Germany

May Thorseth is Professor of Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway