The need for a priority structure for the Sustainable Development Goals

This article argues for the need to set priorities to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It proposes to assign primary focus on goals that, along with being ends in themselves, operate also as means for achieving other objectives - and are therefore of instrumental value also. Education is briefl...

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Main Author: Pongiglione, Francesca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Journal of global ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-42
Further subjects:B Population growth
B Education
B Capabilities
B intrinsic and instrumental value
B SDGs
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Summary:This article argues for the need to set priorities to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It proposes to assign primary focus on goals that, along with being ends in themselves, operate also as means for achieving other objectives - and are therefore of instrumental value also. Education is briefly analyzed as an example of one such goal. In addition, this article addresses population growth, an issue that is not explicitly mentioned in the SDGs but that is arguably relevant for sustainable development. Here too, it is suggested that education can play an important role.
ISSN:1744-9634
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of global ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2014.1001912