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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01/1; 172.2
• Soggetto topico: Intergenerational relations; Justice
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GosseriesAxel MeyerLukas H
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Intergenerational justice
• ISBN: 0-19-965932-X; 1-282-26871-6; 9786612268717; 0-19-156938-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454280403321
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