| Author |
Becker, Christian U.
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| Subject |
Sustainability -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. |
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Electronic books. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 139 p.) : ill. |
| Note |
Revised version of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Kaiserslautern University, 2009. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The meaning of sustainability -- The inherent ethical dimension of sustainability-toward a relational ethical perspective -- Limits and potential of traditional moral philosophy and current ethics-some arguments for the need for a new type of sustainability ethics -- The challenge of sustainability ethics -- Sustainability, institutions, and patterns of thought and action -- Meta-structures -- The impact of the web of meta-structures on the sustainability relations -- The relational dimension of sustainability ethics and the role of individual morality -- The structural dimension of sustainability ethics -- The need for a new type of sustainability research -- Inter- and transdisciplinarity -- Capabilities and personal identity of the researcher -- The role of philosophy for sustainability research -- Conclusion. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF t.p. (SpringerLink; viewed Apr. 25, 2012) |
| ISBN |
9789400722859 (electronic bk.) |
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9400722850 (electronic bk.) |
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9786613455512 |
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6613455512 |
| OCLC # |
757938536 |
| Link |
SpringerLink (OCoLC)43927870. |
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OhioLINK electronic book center (Online) (OCoLC)180989150. |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Becker, Christian U. Sustainability ethics and sustainability research. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012 9789400722842 (DLC) 2011938688 (OCoLC)740625894. |
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