Aspecte etice ale economiei circulare

Abstract

This article examines the essence of circular ethics and the ethical aspects of the circular economy are being studied. Through the dialectical, comparative, analysis and synthesis method, it is established that the circular economy is based on the collection, reuse, repair, renovation and recycling of the materials and products. The circular economy generates new ethical relationships and a new ethics of production and consumption. The principle of sustainable value is involved. So, the ethical defects of the traditional linear economic model can be removed or attenuating. The principle of sustainable value differentiates between circular economic ethics and traditional linear economic ethics. The circular economy involves the principle of holistic value and the principle of sustainable value that contributes to changing the field of economic ethics. The circular economy produces new values of economic ethics and the new ethical relationships. JEL: A 13.