The ethics in balancing control and freedom when engineering solutions for sustainable behaviour

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Pettersen, Ida Nilstad ^a   Boks, Casper ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural steering; Design for sustainability; Ethics; Participation; Persuasion; Technocracy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL STEERING; DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; ETHICS; PARTICIPATION; PERSUASION; TECHNOCRACY;

DESIGN; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78650137408     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397030802559607     Document Type: Article

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