Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2002)

Jan-Mar / 2002
Published January 1, 2002
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How to Cite

Mata, Henrique Tomé Costa, and José Euclides A. Cavalcanti. 2002. “Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 22 (1):176-91. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572002-1255.

Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development

Henrique Tomé Costa Mata
Doutorando em Economia Rural, Departamento de Economia Rural da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG.
José Euclides A. Cavalcanti
Ph.D. Professor do Departamento de Economia Rural da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 22 No. 1 (2002), Jan-Mar / 2002, Pages 176-191

Abstract

This article is about some principles on environmental ethics and conceptual discrepancies in the application of classical theories on discount rate and the economic efficiency in the context of sustainable development. The inconsistency of discount rate, in the environmental context, is understood as an essential element for deontological and environmental argumentation. The objective is to present an explanation about this problem, based on recent theoretical development of economic of natural resources and some environmental valuation techniques, aiming at sustainable development.

JEL Classifications: B0.


Keywords: Ethics sustainable development environment