Justifying Sustainable Development: A Continuing Ethical Search — Global Dialogue 2002

"Justifying Sustainable Development: A Continuing Ethical Search," Global Dialogue 4, no. 1 (Winter 2002): 103-113. Centre for World Dialogue.
Online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37109

Five criticisms of sustainable development are examined: (1) Is it moral umbrella? Or cover-up? (2) Do we have duties to future generations? (3) How far do rich Americans have duties of justice or benevolence to the developing world? (4) Is producing more, even sustainably, an ultimate good? (5) Do we seek sustainable development or a sustainable biosphere? Finally, if sustainability is justified, ought we to enforce it?