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A Capability Approach to Intergenerational Justice? Examining the Potential of Amartya Sen's Ethics with Regard to Intergenerational Issues
Gutwald, Rebecca; Leßmann, Ortrud; Masson, Torsten; … - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 15 (2014) 4, pp. 355-368
The idea of intergenerational justice has practical consequences, not least because it is linked to the politically influential, wide-ranging concept of sustainable development. It also bears on several philosophical puzzles arising in the context of intergenerational justice. They need to be...
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Book Reviews
Watene, Krushil; Rauschmayer, Felix; Williams, Kristin; … - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 12 (2011) 3, pp. 457-467
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Re-conceptualizing Sustainable Development on the Basis of the Capability Approach: A Model and Its Difficulties
Lessmann, Ortrud; Rauschmayer, Felix - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 14 (2013) 1, pp. 95-114
This article sketches a re-conceptualization of sustainable development (SD) on the basis of Sen's capability approach (CA). The notion of sustainable development was developed as a compromise in a political process and has been reinterpreted (some say diluted) again and again over the last 20...
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The Capability Approach and Sustainability
Rauschmayer, Felix; Lessmann, Ortrud - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 14 (2013) 1, pp. 1-5
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