Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167689 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2017-56
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The challenges of sustainable development are primarily ethical in nature. Guided by a ceaseless quest for profit, today's global economy is synonymous with vast amounts of exclusion, indignity, and environmental devastation. To succeed, therefore, the Sustainable Development Goals require "moral capacity" as much as financial or technical capacity. In line with the recently-formed Ethics in Action initiative, the authors therefore propose a sequence of measures designed to better orient the global economy toward the common good, coherent with the values of the world's major religious traditions. These proposals are in the areas of financing, the pursuit of justice, and pedagogy.
Subjects: 
ethics
sustainable development
religion
poverty
JEL: 
A13
F63
I30
O19
Z12
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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