A conceptual framework for impact assessment within SLCA
A conceptual framework for impact assessment within SLCA
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SLCA 内影响评估的概念框架
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2011
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R. Hillerbrand
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C. Reitinger;Matthias Dumke;Mario Barosevcic;R. Hillerbrand
本文旨在阐明保护领域(AOP)，即人类福祉的一般概念和社会生命周期评估(SLCA)中的影响类别。探讨了所谓的能力方法的适用性--这是一个经常用于评估人类生活的概念。方法从应用哲学的角度对有关AOP和影响评估的文献进行了严格的回顾。研究结果表明：(1)AOP定义为自主性、幸福性、自由性和公平性；(2)结合构成幸福感的维度和公平的概念，提出了生活、知识和审美体验、工作和娱乐、友谊、自我整合、自我表达、超越和公平本身这八个影响类别。(3)通过对《社会生命周期评价指南：方法表》的考察，我们提出的框架可以用来构建先前的影响评估工作。结论能力方法是解决人类生活中什么是重要的问题的一种可能性。当应用于实际领域时，如SLCA，这个框架不仅有助于组织数据，还有助于揭示我们自己关于人类生活中什么是有价值的规范性假设。因此，规范性评价更加连贯。
PurposeThis paper aims at spelling out the area of protection (AoP), namely the general concept of human well-being and the impact categories in social life cycle assessment (SLCA). The applicability of the so-called capabilities approach—a concept frequently used for evaluating human lives—is explored. It is shown how the principles of the capabilities approach can be transferred to the impact assessment within SLCA.MethodsThe literature concerning the AoP and the impact assessment has been critically reviewed from an applied philosophy perspective. The capabilities approach has been adopted for defining both the AoP and the impact categories.ResultsThe main results are the following: (1) The AoP is defined as autonomy, well-being freedom and fairness; (2) using the dimensions which constitute well-being together with the concept of fairness eight impact categories are proposed: life, knowledge and aesthetic experience, work and play, friendship, self-integration, self-expression, transcendence and fairness itself and (3) by examining the ‘Guide to Social LCA: Methodological Sheets’, it is demonstrated that our proposed framework can be used for structuring the previous work on impact assessment.ConclusionsThe capability approach is one possibility for addressing the question ‘what is of importance in a human life?’ When applied in a practical field, like SLCA, this framework is not only useful for structuring data but also for disclosing our own normative assumptions about what counts as valuable in a human life. Thus, the normative evaluation is more coherent.