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Sustainability

1.Defineanddiscussdefinitionsof‘sustainability’and‘sustainabledevelopment’,andtheaimsand

rationaleofsustainabledevelopment

Sustainability:

1).Therehasbeenvigorousdebateoverpreciselywhatsustainabilityis.

2).ingeneralterms,sustainabilityisaboutconductingbusiness,managingtheeconomy,etc.,inawaythatwillnot

harmthewelfareoffuturegenerations.

3).Therearetwokeyconcerns:

a).therecognitionofthelong-runimpactofresourceandenvironmentalconstraintsonpatternsofdevelopmentand

consumption

b).theconcernforthewell-beingoffuturegenerations,particularlyinsofarasthisisaffectedbytheiraccessto

naturalresourcesandtoenvironmentalgoods.

4).Inaneconomist’sview:

a).Aneconomistmightdefinesustainabilityas:Providingforthematerialneedsofthecurrentgenerationinsucha

wayasnottocompromisethematerialwell-beingoffuturegenerations.

b).moregenerally,itmightbedefinedintermsofutility:izingsomemeasureofutilitythatembracesnot

onlythecurrentgeneration,butalsofuturegenerations

c).however,thereareproblemswitheconomist’concept:

Firstly,itisanthropocentric.

Secondly,alargeproportionofutilityisderivedfromconditionsotherthanmaterialwell-being.Thirdly,the

conceptisvagueastoprecisely‘whatshouldbeized’.

5).Therehavebeenaseriesofframeworksthatseemstocapturesomeaspectsofwhatthe‘sustainability’actually

means.However,noneofthemhaveaddressedalltheconcernsmentionedbeforenorcaptureallnecessarycontents

ofsustainability

6).Oneisthediscountedutilitarianismframework:

a).Thisisaframeworkforutility