Investigating the Ethics of Sustainable Development in Restructuring the World Economic System

Abstract

It is almost unthinkable in the current global arrangement for any single nation, economy, or region to assume a unilateral pursuit of total and enduring development. This paper attempts to review the idea of sustainable development as a policy instrument and some of the ethical principles which form the basis of one of its requirements. The position under review in this article is that, in order to achieve any meaningful development and its sustainability, there must be a restructuring of the current global economic system.

Keywords: Development, Economy, Justice, Obligation, Sustainability