The concept of a sustainable agriculture
Date
1993
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Texas A&M University
Abstract
The concept of a sustainable agriculture varies much with writers: some see it as the preservation of agricultural resources or as the reduction of agricultural contamination of the environment or both. Other authors focus on economic viability or the political dimensions of a sustainable agriculture. This thesis argues for a concept of sustainable agriculture as a normative, socio-political concept. Such concepts can avoid some of the theoretical problems in purely ecological, neoclassical economic, and other accounts. Sustainability as a normative, socio-political concept allows for the possibility of a sustainable agriculture in any system in history, regardless of the system's economic or political structure. The proposed concept also provides a basis for evaluating ethical issues relevant to agricultural systems, present or hypothetical.
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Keywords
philosophy., Major philosophy.