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Dealing with time is intimately linked to sustainability, because
sustainability, at its core, involves long-term ethical claims. To
live up to them, decision and policy-making has to consider
long-term development of society, economy, and nature. However,
dealing with time and such long-term development is a notoriously
difficult subject, both in science and, in particular, in practical
decision and policy making. Rooted in philosophical and scientific
reasoning, this book explores how the concept of time can be
incorporated into effective practical action. The book describes a
system and uses case studies to help sustainability practitioners
and researchers consider the long-term consequences of our actions
in a methodical way. The system integrates scientific and practical
knowledge about time and temporal developments to help break down
the sometimes overwhelming complexity of sustainability issues.
Combining theoretical conceptual thinking and practical
applications, this book will be of great interest to students and
researchers of sustainability science, environmental sciences,
sustainable development, environmental economics, political
sciences and practical philosophy.
This groundbreaking book takes a fresh look at how environmental
problems emerge from economic activity and how they may be
addressed in a responsible and sustainable manner. At its centre is
the concept of joint production. This captures the phenomenon
whereby several effects necessarily emerge from one activity and
whereby human action always entails unintended consequences. This,
according to the authors, is the structural cause behind modern-day
environmental problems. Combining concepts and methods from
philosophy of science, systems theory, thermodynamics, economics
and ethics in a truly interdisciplinary manner, the authors
convincingly argue that the joint-production perspective has
fundamental and far-reaching implications for the valuation of
economic goods, the dynamic analysis of economy-environment
interactions, and the accumulation of stocks in ecological-economic
systems. Complementing the joint-production perspective with the
ethical notion of responsibility, the authors develop principles of
sustainable environmental policy, and give philosophical support to
the precautionary principle. Four extensive case studies illustrate
and deepen the approach. With a wide range of analysis and case
studies, this book will be of great interest to researchers and
students in ecological economics, environmental and resource
economics, environmental policy and regulation, environmental
valuation, as well as environmental ethics and responsibility.
Der Sammelband anlasslich der Emeritierung von Johannes Marboeck,
Professor am Institut fur Alttestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft der
Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, ist dem wichtigsten Arbeitsfeld des
Geehrten gewidmet: der Weisheitsliteratur des Alten Testaments. In
den zahlreichen Beitragen namhafter Wissenschaftlerinnen und
Wissenschaftler wird dieses Thema aus hoechst unterschiedlichen
Perspektiven immer neu in den Blick genommen.
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