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Rationalising irrationality: examining barriers and excuses for sustainable behaviour

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There is mounting evidence that efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of human activity on climate and biodiversity have so far been unsuccessful. Explanations for this failure point to a number of factors discussed in this article. While acknowledging cognitive dissonance as a significant contributing factor to continuing unsustainable practices, this article seeks to explore hegemonic rationality of industrial expansion and economic growth and resulting politics of denial. These politics promote the economic rationale for exploitation of the environment, with pursuit of material wealth seen as the most rational goal. Framed this way, this rationality is presented by political and corporate decision-makers as common sense and continuous environmentally destructive behavior is justified under the guise of consumer choices, hampering meaningful action for sustainable change. This article underlines forms of alternative rationality, namely, non-utilitarian and non-hierarchical worldview of environmental and human flourishing, that can advance sustainability.

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OrganisatieDe Haagse Hogeschool
OpleidingBFM International Business & Management Studies
AfdelingFaculteit Business, Finance & Marketing
Gepubliceerd inMother Pelican Pelican Web, Montgomery Village, Vol. 14, Uitgave: 12, Pagina's: 1-10
Datum2018-12
TypeArtikel
TaalEngels

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