arXiv
Open Access
2025
The role of ethical consumption in promoting democratic sustainability: revisiting neoclassical economics through Kantian ethics
Pascal Stiefenhofer
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This paper explores how ethical consumption can transform democratic governance toward sustainability by challenging traditional economic models centered on utility and efficiency. As societal values shift toward transparency equity and environmental responsibility ethical consumers increasingly influence markets. Drawing on Whites Kantian economic framework and Ingleharts theory of value change the paper proposes a model integrating moral imperatives into economic theory. Using a vector bundle approach it captures evolving ethical preferences advocating for an inclusive sustainability focused economic paradigm aligned with post materialist values.
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Pascal Stiefenhofer
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- 2025
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