Authors:

  • Amartya Sen

Excerpt

The Ends and Means of Sustainability. Amartya Sen, February 28, 2013 , Paper. "The idea of ‘sustainability’ received serious attention in the so-called Brundtland Commission Report that has many attractive features. In particular, it highlighted the importance of intergenerational justice while maintaining a concern for the poor of each generation and shifted the focus away from resources to human beings. I argue that this way of understanding sustainability, while a great improvement, is still incomplete. There are important grounds for favouring a freedom-oriented view..." Link Verified October 18, 2014