Why posterity matters : environmental policies and future generations
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Why posterity matters : environmental policies and future generations
（Environmental philosophies）
Routledge, 1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415100182
Description
The first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations, Dr de-Shalit argues that they are a matter of justice, not charity or supererogation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Transgenerational Community
- Chapter 2 Applications of The Theory
- Chapter 3 The Utilitarian Theory and The Not-Yet-Born
- Chapter 4 Contractarian Theories of Intergenerational Justice
- Chapter 5 Rights of Future People
- Chapter 6 Summary and Open Questions
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: pbk ISBN 9780415100199
Description
Why Posterity Matters is the first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations. It appears at a time when it is becoming increasingly obvious that we can no longer exploit the environment without causing risks for posterity.
Dr de-Shalit argues that our obligations towards new generations are a matter of justice, not of charity or supererogation. It becomes our duty to consider them when we distribute access to natural resources, decide on environmental policies and plan budgets. This raises problems for conventional theories of justice. Why Posterity Matters puts forward a new communitarian theory of intergenerational justice, which can serve as the moral basis for environmental policy.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Transgenerational Community
- Chapter 2 Applications of The Theory
- Chapter 3 The Utilitarian Theory and The Not-Yet-Born
- Chapter 4 Contractarian Theories of Intergenerational Justice
- Chapter 5 Rights of Future People
- Chapter 6 Summary and Open Questions
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