Pragmatic Sustainability and emerging technologies: contributions for sustainable decision-making

Authors

  • Guilherme Kirtschig Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI, Itajaí, SC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-6714
  • Gilson Jacobsen Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI, Itajaí, SC
  • Eileen Grena-Piretti Widener University Delaware, Delaware

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5335/rjd.v37i1.14842

Keywords:

Sustainability, Emerging Technologies, Precautionary Principle, Legal Pragmatism, Tomada de Decisão Sustentável

Abstract

The general objective of this article is to outline a concept of Sustainability that can respond to the risks of new technologies typical of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, called Emerging Technologies, without jeopardizing the opportunities they present. As specific objectives, it´s sought to present two approaches to Sustainability, top-down and bottom-up, and their relationship with technology in general; next, to describe the Emerging Technologies and the precautionary and promotional principles, linking them to the two approaches to Sustainability, and situating the whole in the Brazilian legal scenario; and to present legal pragmatism, and make use of it to read the precautionary principle, in such a way that is able to support a third approach to Sustainability. In final considerations, Pragmatic Sustainability is presented as a contribution to the debate regarding the Sustainability of Emerging Technologies.

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Author Biographies

  • Guilherme Kirtschig, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI, Itajaí, SC

    SJD Candidate at the University of Vale do Itajaí – UNIVALI (Brazil). LLM in Legal Science by UNIVALI. Federal Labor Prosecutor at the Office of the Federal Labor Prosecution of the 9th Region at Curitiba, Paraná (Brazil). Deputy chairperson of the Working Group for Nanotechnology and member of the Studies Group for Diversity and Technology, both at the Labor Prosecution Office. E-mail: kirtschig2@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-6714.

  • Gilson Jacobsen, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, UNIVALI, Itajaí, SC

    Professor in the LLM and SJD Programs in Legal Science at the University of Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI (Brazil). Post-doctorate in Law and Constitutional Justice by Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna – UNIBO (Italy). SJD in Public Law by Università degli Studi di Perugia – UNIPG (Italy). SJD and LLM in Legal Science by UNIVALI. Federal Judge in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil). E-mail: giljacobsen@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-8902.

  • Eileen Grena-Piretti, Widener University Delaware, Delaware

    Widener University Delaware Law School Assistant Dean and Executive Director Graduate, International, Compliance and Legal Studies Programs – Wilmington, Delaware (USA). E-mail: eagrena@widener.edu.

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Published

2023-07-30

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023): Justice of Law

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

Pragmatic Sustainability and emerging technologies: contributions for sustainable decision-making. (2023). Law of Justice Journal, 37(1), 112-134. https://doi.org/10.5335/rjd.v37i1.14842