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Sustainability is a work of justice: virtue not distribution

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, H.
dc.contributor.editorSukhbir, S.
dc.contributor.editorMcKenzie, S.
dc.contributor.editorHarris, H.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe argument most frequently used to justify the call for sustainability in business and life or society more generally is based on notions of distributive justice. This chapter sees a strong link between sustainability and justice, but in a different way, concerned more with the development and exercise of the virtue of justice by individuals. Sustainability is thus more personal, and is something involving personal effort. It is a work of justice. Difficulties with the utilitarian and rights approaches to sustainability as just allocation are discussed. Sustainability is seen as a debate about purpose, about what is to be valued, and movement toward sustainability is to be achieved by a work of justice-engaging in that debate both in the local community and between communities, and developing the virtues, including justice, which will facilitate that debate.
dc.identifier.citationSource details - Title: Linking local and global sustainability, 2014 / Sukhbir, S., McKenzie, S., Harris, H. (ed./s), vol.4, Ch.4, pp.43-54
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-94-017-9008-6_4
dc.identifier.isbn9789401790086
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/161809
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofseries4, 1877-3176
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9008-6_4
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectjustice
dc.subjectvirtue
dc.subjectresponsibility
dc.subjectintergenerational justice
dc.titleSustainability is a work of justice: virtue not distribution
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915910081601831

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