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Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 15 Bl., 105 kB)
Series Statement:
Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge 11
Content:
The value concept of traditional resource economics is welfare. Therefore, sustainability of welfare is often taken to characterise our obligations to future generations. This paper argues that this view is inappropriate because it leaves no room for future generations autonomy. Future generations should be free to make their own decisions. Consequently freedom of choice is the appropriate value concept on which resource economics should be based. The concept of sustainability receives a new interpretation. Sustainability is a principle of intertemporal distributive justice which requires equitable opportunities across generations.
Note:
Paper presented at the International symposium "Managing sustainable from the ground up", Island of Vilm, Germany, 24 - 28 August 1996
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Additional Edition:
Printausgabe Weikard, Hans-Peter Sustainable freedom of choice Potsdam : Univ, 1996
Language:
English
Keywords:
Arbeitspapier
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Graue Literatur
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8484
Author information:
Weikard, Hans-Peter
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