LEADER 03106nam 22005655 450 001 9910838269203321 005 20240326125743.0 010 $a9783031521430 010 $a3031521439 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52143-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31151250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31151250 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52143-0 035 $a(CKB)30362861500041 035 $a(OCoLC)1423789905 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930362861500041 100 $a20240213d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDerrida and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics $eThe Half-Lives of Responsibility /$fby Michael Peterson 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (184 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Peterson, Michael Derrida and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031521423 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Acting Before Future Generations -- 3. Nuclear Waste and the Site of Intergenerational Responsibility -- 4. Derrida: Iterability and Biodegradability -- 5. Turning Towards Irradiated Futures -- 6. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book argues for the necessity of a re-evaluation of our thinking about responsibly relating to future generations in the context of environmental philosophy. Using long-term nuclear waste disposal as its paradigmatic case, this book makes the case that the predominant mode of thinking the future in terms of continuity and repetition of the present requires a critique informed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in order to think responsibility adequately. The book begins by surveying contemporary accounts of intergenerational responsibility before outlining the specifics of nuclear waste disposal policy. With these stakes established, the contributions of Jacques Derrida to future-oriented ethics are introduced. These include discussions of communication across contexts, the relationship between inheritance and responsibility, and the political imperatives that result from this critique. This book concludes by arguing for an intergenerational environmental policy that rejectspolicy and infrastructural projects that depend on the present reproducing itself indefinitely. 606 $aContinental philosophy 606 $aEthics 606 $aApplied ethics 606 $aContinental Philosophy 606 $aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 606 $aEnergy Ethics 615 0$aContinental philosophy. 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aApplied ethics. 615 14$aContinental Philosophy. 615 24$aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 615 24$aEnergy Ethics. 676 $a179.1 700 $aPeterson$b Michael$01140340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838269203321 996 $aDerrida and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics$94131926 997 $aUNINA