Christian Becker 
Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research [PDF ebook] 

1. Introduction.- PART I: Sustainability and Ethics.- 2. The Meaning of Sustainability.- 3. The Inherent Ethical Dimension of Sustainability – Toward a Relational Ethical Perspective.- 4. Limits and Potential of Traditional Moral Philosophy and Current Ethics – Some Arguments For the Need For a New Type of Sustainability Ethics.- 5. The Challenges of Sustainability Ethics.- PART II: Meta-structures and Sustainability.- 6. Sustainability, Institutions, and Patterns of Thought and Action.- 7. Meta-structures.- 8. The Impact of the Web of Meta-structures on the Sustainability Relations.- PART III: Toward a New Sustainability Ethics.- 9. The Relational Dimension of Sustainability Ethics and the Role of Individual Morality.- 10. The Structural Dimension of Sustainability Ethics.- PART IV: Toward an Encompassing Sustainability Research.- 11. The Need For a New Type of Sustainability Research.- 12. Inter- and Transdisciplinarity.- 13. Capabilities and Personal Identity of the Researcher.- 14. The Role of Philosophy for Sustainability Research.- 15. Conclusion.- Index.