It is rather astonishing that the issue of sustainability first posed by the Brundtland commission in 1987 has gained so little attention from capability scholars despite the focus of the approach on human well-being. The book “The Capability Approach and Sustainability” has recently been published as the first book dedicated exclusively on this issue. Essentially based on the special issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities pub…
Conference Ethics of Economic Institutions
…ch purposes should we spend public revenues? · Which markets are to be prohibited, and how should markets be regulated? · What would a just financial sector require? Which kinds of relations should prevail between debtors and creditors? · What is the purpose of corporations, and what are the implications for corporate governance? · Should citizens have a right and/or a duty to work and how to theorize moral obligations to appropriate workplace con…