1st Edition
Critical Realism and the Objective Value of Sustainability Philosophical and Ethical Approaches
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is Sustainability?
Chapter 2: Searching for the Truth: Research Methods
Chapter 3: Sustainability as Objective Physical Reality
Chapter 4: Restoring Sustainability as Objective Social Reality
Chapter 5: Sustainability and What Really Matters
Chapter 6: Sustainability as Justice: Beyond Distributive Justice
Chapter 7: Sustainability as Freedom
Chapter 8: Who is the Sustainer?
Conclusion
Biography
Gabriela-Lucia Sabau is Honorary Research Professor of economics and environmental studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada. Her research interests are sustainability and sustainable development fuelled by scientific knowledge and value judgements; unjust un-economic growth; demand-side management of water resources; sustainable management of fisheries with a focus on small-scale fisheries; and assessing the potential for agro-ecological transition in Newfoundland and Labrador’s agriculture. Gabriela co-founded MUN Grenfell Campus’s first PhD program in Transdisciplinary Sustainability (2019) and continues to derive inspiration from the students she supervises in the program.
