Moral responsibility and the business and sustainable development assemblage: A Jonasian ethics for the technological age

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-129

  Jensen, Tommy ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business; Categorical imperative; Ethics; Hans Jonas; Morality; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249106199     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2007.016061     Document Type: Article

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