Why Posterity Matters : Environmental Policies and Future Generations.
Title:
Why Posterity Matters : Environmental Policies and Future Generations.
Author:
De-Shalit, Avner.
ISBN:
9780203980644
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (178 pages)
Series:
Environmental Philosophies
Contents:
Cover -- WHY POSTERITY MATTERS: Environmental policies and future generations -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE TRANSGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY -- 2 APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY -- 3 THE UTILITARIAN THEORY AND THE NOT-YET-BORN -- 4 CONTRACTARIAN THEORIES OF INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE -- 5 RIGHTS OF FUTURE PEOPLE -- 6 SUMMARY AND OPEN QUESTIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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