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Environmental Values 15(2006): 425-439. doi: 10.3197/096327106779116131
ABSTRACT
'Global and ecological justice' (or some variant) is a very popular catchphrase in policy documents, treaties, publications by think-tanks, NGOs and other bodies. I argue that it represents an informal combination of four distinct and sometimes conflicting ideas: global justice, protection of the ecology, sustainability and sustainable growth. To solve the practical, conceptual and logical complications thus caused, a more precise interpretation of global justice and ecological justice is suggested, on the basis of which it is also possible to rank the two and re-interpret the further goals of sustainability and growth.
KEYWORDS: Global justice, ecological justice, political theory, sustainability
REFERENCES to other articles in Environmental Values:
Distributive Justice in International Environmental Policy: Axiomatic Foundation and Exemplary Formulation Carsten Helm and Udo. E. Simonis
Sustainable Development and Social Justice: Expanding the Rawlsian Framework of Global Justice Oluf Langhelle
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