Freedom, governance and questions of global environmental control
by Sarah Blandy, David Parsons
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 3, No. 1, 2001

Abstract: If we accept the necessity of some level of control over our activities in order to protect the environment, how extensive should those controls be and which areas of our lives should be the valid concern of governance? Philosophical and political theories from the western tradition are analysed and applied to two examples, on differing scales, of how the balance between individual freedom and collective interests are worked out in practice. This paper explores issues of governance over individuals, nations and international corporations and asks how control could be exercised in the interests of wider environmental concerns.

Online publication date: Tue, 14-May-2013

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