Two types of ‘enough’: sufficiency as minimum and maximum
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In: Environmental Politics, Vol. 25, No. 5, 02.09.2016, p. 921-940.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Two types of ‘enough’
T2 - sufficiency as minimum and maximum
AU - Spengler, Laura
PY - 2016/9/2
Y1 - 2016/9/2
N2 - The question ‘how much is enough?’ can be related to two different kinds of thresholds: minimum and maximum levels. Two separate discussions on these levels are held within two different research fields – abstract justice theory and practical environmental science – and both use the term ‘sufficiency’ to denominate their subject. The discussion in each research field is concentrated almost exclusively on either minimum or maximum levels. It is argued instead that both are closely linked to each other and that the combination of both types of thresholds actually results in what the concept of sustainability demands. The aims here are to bring these two sufficiency debates together and to explore conceptual links as well as differences.
AB - The question ‘how much is enough?’ can be related to two different kinds of thresholds: minimum and maximum levels. Two separate discussions on these levels are held within two different research fields – abstract justice theory and practical environmental science – and both use the term ‘sufficiency’ to denominate their subject. The discussion in each research field is concentrated almost exclusively on either minimum or maximum levels. It is argued instead that both are closely linked to each other and that the combination of both types of thresholds actually results in what the concept of sustainability demands. The aims here are to bring these two sufficiency debates together and to explore conceptual links as well as differences.
KW - consumption
KW - enough
KW - justice theory
KW - sufficiency
KW - sufficientarianism
KW - sustainability
KW - Ecosystems Research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961588852&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09644016.2016.1164355
DO - 10.1080/09644016.2016.1164355
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84961588852
VL - 25
SP - 921
EP - 940
JO - Environmental Politics
JF - Environmental Politics
SN - 0964-4016
IS - 5
ER -