Towards Sustainable Development

PER ARIANSEN Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of OsloGEIR B. ASHEIM Professor of Economics at the University of OsloANDREAS FOLLESDAL Research Associate at the ARENA Center, University of OsloSTEIN HANSEN economist and international consultantWENCHE HÅLAND Professor in Clinical Psychology and Head of the Polyclinic for Youths and Adults at the University of BergenINGUNN MOSER Research Associate at the Center for Technology and Human Values, University of OsloJON BIRGER SKJÆRSETH Research Fellow for the Research Council of Norway at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in OsloNILS CHR. STENSETH Professor of Zoology at the University of OsloJON WETLESEN Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo

• Preface List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Sustainable Developments as Concept and Norm; W.M.Lafferty and O.Langhelle A Global Ethic of Sustainability?; J.Wetlesen On Need: A Central Concept in the Brundtland Report; W.Håland Sustainable Development, State Sovereignty and International Justice; A.Follesdal Sustainability, Morality and Future Generations; P.Ariansen The Limits of Nature; N.Stenseth Nature, Market and Ignorance: Can Development Be Managed?; O.Langhelle Sustainable Development: Caught Between National Sovereignty and International Challenges; J.B.Skjærseth Economic Analysis of Sustainability; G.Asheim Economic Initiatives and Sustainable Development: An Assessment of Initiatives and Possibilities; S.Hansen Future Challenges of Sustainable Development; W.M.Lafferty and O.Langhelle Bibliography Index

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