Introducing Environmental Ethics into Economic Analysis: Some Insights from Hans Jonas' Imperative of Responsibility

Damien Bazin, Sylvie Ferrari and Richard Howarth ()

No 2021-05, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: This paper addresses how environmental ethics might be incorporated into economic analysis and in particular how Hans Jonas’ Imperative of Responsibility may provide useful insights into the analysis of sustainability issues. The challenges of environmental and social sustainability in terms of inter-generational fairness are analysed and involve a moral duty that is applicable to economic governance. The paper also explores to what extent responsibility, as an alternative to utilitarianism and as a principle facilitating the coordination of the agents involved, may be a first step towards the long-term and sustainable conservation of Nature.

Keywords: Environmental ethics; intergenerational fairness; responsibility principle; self-binding behaviour; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 Q20 Q32 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2021-02
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Working Paper: Introducing Environmental Ethics into Economic Analysis: Some insights from Hans Jonas’ Imperative of Responsibility (2021)
Working Paper: Introducing Environmental Ethics into Economic Analysis: Some insights from Hans Jonas’ Imperative of Responsibility (2021)
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