A necessária transição de uma racionalidade econômica para uma racionalidade ambiental : é possível essa transição com a atual formação dos profissionais de economia?

Abstract

The actual environmental global crisis confronted by the society present different asks about the real function of the economy in front of this crisis. During the economic thought evolution a little or nothing was discussed about the importance of the environment as the maintainer of every ecosystem. The neoclassical view of economy in relation of environmental issues brought about major changes in world economic standards, social and environmental and some of these patterns remained and were rationalized by the predominant economic system. So, the extractive production system remains intrinsically presented during the training of economists, being motivated by the still predominant economic rationality. In order to modify this standard it is necessary to modify the rationality of whoever is at the head of a system. Analyzing these issues, it has been realized that economists, professionals who are in front of companies, governments and entities and who direct the economic, productive and social routes, seeking local/regional or national economic development/growth, tend to have a role of extreme importance in modifying standards. For this the main objective of this monograph was to identify if there is and what is the main current environmental vision addressed in the graduation courses in Economic Sciences in Rio Grande do Sul in order to analyze if the transition from economic rationality to an environmental rationality is possible. For the realization of the research was analyzed the main environmental approach taught in graduation courses in Economic Sciences Higher Education Institutions in the State of Rio Grande do Sul was analyzed to verify if the teaching in these courses is enabling the professionals of economy, a training that enables these professionals on environmental issues, providing the transition from economic rationality to an environmental rationality. It was verified at the end of the research that the current formation of professionals of economic sciences still does not contemplate this orientation, remaining in the mold of a traditional economic rationality.