Abstract:

This article discusses ecological justice from the perspective of ecological
economics. It departs from two questions: How to apply justice in a model
of economy? How to connect economy and ecology? The classical neoliberal
economy does not include human and social values and it fails to
reflect the natural dimension. While the contemporary neoliberal economy
produces costs, which are not paid, increasing problems of injustice are
produced constantly. If we do not want to let future generations pay, we
need to find intelligent limits to our economic system. How can we develop
the concept of ecological justice as a guiding principle for global governance,
through which we could perceive and integrate the limits of economy
in a constructive manner?

Author: Hans Diefenbacher