DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL À LUZ DA TEORIA DA JUSTIÇA COMO EQUIDADE

Abstract

This dissertation is devoted to the theoretical examination of sustainable development focused by the justice as fairness theory of John Rawls. The problem of this research is theoretical and it is in the analysis of sustainable development (mainly resulting from the Brundtland Report), highlighted in its social aspect and political, legal and philosophical implication s of the justice as fairness theory, investigating, in axis that relates theory of justice, social justice and liberalism, is its "sustainability" paradigm would be a substantially solid or only formally designed, allowing any filling. For both, there is the assumption that sustainable development, derived from the idea of sustainability is regarded formally in line with the theory of justice, including the courts beyond the human, but is not substantially and made the point to say that is the way most appropriate to achieve a justice policy. It is a discourse that seeks to bring off the environmental dimension to the discussion on justice, warning of the need for attention to the environment in the process of fair balance between natural forces, economic, political and most of the social universe, which results in social justice for present and future generations. Also adds little, since all the objects of the theory of justice already has his concerns of sustainable development. Considering their relative continuity, conciliator practices environmental constraints to development, sustainable development can be either instrument of revolution in the way of thinking, just as efforts to improve the global capitalism of flexible accumulation post-1970's, both used with good faith, and as a fallacy. Still, the justice that promotes the ideas of sustainability requires a social pact that involves changes in the way that men and institutions dealing with each other and the environment. Thus, lack of sustainable development in his quest for justice, a reference to justice, which may be the theory of justice as fairness. The research follows the general aim to examine sustainable development in light of the theory of justice as fairness, permeated three specific objectives: a) explain the theory of justice with careful theoretical review, noting its historical development, elements, importance to the sustainability and insertion of the same law, and demonstrate its suitability as an analytical tool, b) define sustainable development, researching its history, definitions, indicators and ideologies and c) apply the theory of justice as fairness to information on sustainable development raised, especially in its social aspect, to identify and explain, on an axis that relates the theory of justice, social justice and liberalism, the factors that determine and contribute to the phenomenon of sustainability and their potential to achieve social justice. Regarding methodology, it emphasizes a kind of theoretical study, such as literature search with use of the dialectical method-argumentative. The text is organized into an introductory section, three chapters and a section of final comments, where there is confirmation of the hypothesis under there presented, followed by the list of references of the work.