Ethics and the Commons: Building Ethical Awareness in Research and Practice (Schriften zu Leben und Gesellschaft - Series on Life and Society, 3)

Ethical values are involved in every intentional human action - both in research, governance and civil society.The question of this book is: what ethical values, challenges, and actions are associated with the commons and commoning?Do commons have a specific ethical and moral orientation?How can we engage with different and plural orientations?While the ethical values of commons may be implied from our research concepts, frameworks and methods, they are rarely made explicit or linked to ethical claims or theories in philosophy.This book aims to build awareness around the different ethical values, positions, and perspectives linked to commons, common property, and commoning research and practice.Building ethical awareness can help scholars strengthen their tools and skills for analyzing commons.Improving ethical awareness can give scholars a range of philosophical arguments to navigate and justify links between ethical values, actions, and outcomes.Current literature on the commons offe