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A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability

Fünfgelt, Joachim; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012

We develop and formalize a utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability which is inspired by Singer's (1972 …) principle and the Brundtland Commission's notion ofsustainability (WCED 1987). We relate this notion of responsibility to …. Sustainability and responsibility for sustainability are equivalent if and only if sustainability is feasible. If it is not, there …

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I don't want to hear about it: Rational ignorance among duty-orientd consumers

Nyborg, Karine - 2008

Individuals with a preference for keeping moral obligations may dislike learning that voluntary contributions are socially valuable: Such information can trigger unpleasant feelings of cognitive dissonance. I show that if initial beliefs about the social value of contributions are sufficiently...

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