From Fiduciary to Vivantary Responsibility

Adolphson and Franz use term vivantary responsibility in reference to responsibility to the environment. Vivantary is analogous to the term fidicuary. Vivantary responsibility requires responsibility for the natural ecosystems that support the economic system. Their argument is grounded in an obligation to protect human life, and requires the exercise of moral imagination. Adolphson and Franz offer a number of principles for exercising vivantary responsibility.