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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454280403321

Titolo

Intergenerational justice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Axel Gosseries and Lukas H. Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-965932-X

1-282-26871-6

9786612268717

0-19-156938-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GosseriesAxel

MeyerLukas H

Disciplina

320.01/1

172.2

Soggetti

Intergenerational relations

Justice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction-Intergenerational Justice and Its Challenges; Part I: Theories; 1. Identity and Obligation in a Transgenerational Polity; 2. Libertarian Theories of Intergenerational Justice; 3. A Contract on Future Generations?; 4. Three Models of Intergenerational Reciprocity; 5. Exploitation and Intergenerational Justice; 6. A Value or an Obligation? Rawls on Justice to Future Generations; 7. A Transgenerational Difference Principle; 8. Enough for the Future; Part II: Specific Issues; 9. Wronging Future People: A Contractualist Proposal

10. What Motivates Us to Care for the (Distant) Future?11. Preference-formation and Intergenerational Justice; 12. Egalitarianism and Population Change; 13. Intergenerational Justice, Human Needs, and Climate Policy; 14. The Problem of a Perpetual Constitution; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Is it fair to leave the next generation a public debt? Is it defensible to impose legal rules on them through constitutional constraints? From combating climate change to ensuring proper funding for future



pensions, concerns about ethics between generations are everywhere. Sixteen philosophers present new explorations of intergenerational justice. - ;Is it fair to leave the next generation a public debt? Is it defensible to impose legal rules on them through constitutional constraints? From combating climate change to ensuring proper funding for future pensions, concerns about ethics between g