Environment, Economy, and Christian Ethics : Alternative Views on Christians and Markets

Alistair Young

ISBN 10: 1451479646 / ISBN 13: 9781451479645

Edité par Augsburg Fortress Publishers Jan 2015, 2015

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Neuware - What is to be done about the damaging impact of economic activity on the environment In recent years, there has been growing debate over this question. This book, by an economist, urges Christians to support strong governmental and intergovernmental action to improve the workings of existing global economic systems so as to provide adequate environmental protection. As such, it draws on the tradition of mainstream environmental economics and on recent developments in 'ecological economics.' But it acknowledges that environmental policy raises important ethical and theological issues often briefly or inadequately covered within economic literature: ethically responsible attitudes to uncertainty, inequality within and between generations, the rights of traditional communities, and the obligation to respect nonhuman elements within creation. To such issues, theologians of various persuasions have in the past paid more attention than economists. At the same time, theologians have not always shown awareness of the likely economic consequences of their own proposals. In particular, some have been reluctant to acknowledge the role of market failure in causing environmental problems, while others are too eager to get rid of markets altogether. This book tries to develop sound ethical foundations for environmental policy, while providing concrete perspective on economic realities.

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• Titre: Environment, Economy, and Christian Ethics : Alternative Views on Christians and Markets
• Éditeur: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Jan 2015
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1451479646
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781451479645
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 15 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 15 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 390 grammes

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What is to be done about the damaging impact of economic activity on the environment? In recent years, there has been growing debate over this question. This book, by an economist, urges Christians to support strong governmental and intergovernmental action to improve the workings of existing global economic systems so as to provide adequate environmental protection. As such, it draws on the tradition of mainstream environmental economics and on recent developments in ecological economics. But it acknowledges that environmental policy raises important ethical and theological issues often briefly or inadequately covered within economic literature: ethically responsible attitudes to uncertainty, inequality within and between generations, the rights of traditional communities, and the obligation to respect nonhuman elements within creation. To such issues, theologians of various persuasions have in the past paid more attention than economists.At the same time, theologians have not always shown awareness of the likely economic consequences of their own proposals. In particular, some have been reluctant to acknowledge the role of market failure in causing environmental problems, while others are too eager to get rid of markets altogether. This book tries to develop sound ethical foundations for environmental policy, while providing concrete perspective on economic realities.

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Alistair Young is a retired economist; during his career, he taught and researched in the universities of Glasgow, Zambia, Ulster, and the West of Scotland and tutored for the Open University. His interests lie in development and environmental economics and in the economics of the public sector. He is a member of the local Church of Scotland and resides in St. Andrews, Scotland.