The Moral Imperatives of Sustainable Development: A Kantian Overview

Pankojini Mulia


Department of Humanities and Sciences, SR International Institute of Technology Hyderabad-501301 (India)

Dr. Ajit Kumar Behura


Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology(ISM) Dhanbad-826004 (India)

Dr. Sarita Kar


Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology(ISM) Dhanbad-826004 (India)


Abstract

The philosophy of Immanuel Kant based on the logical analysis of reason in general and moral reason in particular. To him, moral principles should come from reason not from experiences. The general formula based on reason is the Categorical Imperative; it is the Moral Law. In this paper Sustainable Development is revisited from Categorical Imperative point of view. Three aspects of sustainable development like need, justice and the environmental limitation is given equal importance and the entire discussion is broadly distinguished into three different categories viz., Kantian Social Imperative, Kantian Economic Imperative and Kantian Environmental Imperative.


Keywords:

Sustainable Development, Moral Reasoning, Kantian Social Imperative, Kantian Economic Imperative, Kantian Environmental Imperative

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2018-07-02

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Mulia, P., Behura, D. A. K., & Kar, D. S. (2018). The Moral Imperatives of Sustainable Development: A Kantian Overview. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 13(2), 77–82. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/5015

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Pankojini Mulia 

Department of Humanities and Sciences, SR International Institute of Technology Hyderabad-501301 India

Authors

Dr. Ajit Kumar Behura 

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology(ISM) Dhanbad-826004 India

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Dr. Sarita Kar 

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology(ISM) Dhanbad-826004 India

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