Tensions in the paradigm of environmental economics an analysis inspired by dooyeweerd's philosophy

Ad Van Geesbergen; Johan Graafland; Jan Hoogland

doi:10.1163/23528230-08501007

Tensions in the paradigm of environmental economics an analysis inspired by dooyeweerd's philosophy

Ad Van Geesbergen
, Johan Graafland
, Jan Hoogland

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This article critically analyzes the environmental economics paradigm of David Pearce and Robert Kerry Turner. Our analysis is inspired by the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd, in particular his transcendental criticism and theory of modalities. We describe how Pearce and Turner theorize the concept of sustainable development. On the basis of this description we identify immanent tensions in their approach and analyze to what extent these tensions are caused by implicit normative presuppositions in the key concepts used by Pearce and Turner. Finally, we examine whether Dooyeweerd's conception of the economic aspect can diminish these tensions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	66-88
Number of pages	23
Journal	Philosophia reformata
Volume	85
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/23528230-08501007
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2020

Keywords

Considered preferences
Environmental economics
Evocative argumentation
Homo economicus
Theory of modalities
Transcendental criticism
Willingness to pay
n/a OA procedure

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