The art of long-term thinking: A bridge between sustainability science and politics

被引:24
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作者
Klauer, Bernd [1 ]
Manstetten, Reiner [1 ]
Petersen, Thomas [1 ]
Schiller, Johannes [1 ]
机构
[1] UFZ Helmholtz Ctr Environm Res, Leipzig, Germany
关键词
Sustainability; Time; Power of judgment; Stocks; Science-policy gap;
D O I
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.018
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Policy makers are dependent upon scientific knowledge. However, scientific results cannot be applied straightforwardly in practical decision making. We deploy Kant's term "power of judgment" - the human capacity to apply general insights to specific, contingent situations - to show that this problem is systematic rather than coincidental: decision making requires the power of judgment to make use of scientific knowledge. Power of judgment, in turns, can be supported by heuristics. Against this background, we focus on sustainability politics and outline a heuristic for framing and analyzing sustainability problems. Because time is a key factor in relation to sustainability we distinguish three distinct concepts of time and argue that the economic concepts of "stocks" and "institutions" can be used to foster power of judgment with respect to these time concepts. Based on these concepts, the heuristic serves to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and practical decision making in sustainability politics. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:79 / 84
页数:6
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