Why Posterity Matters
Environmental Policies and Future Generations
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:15th Dec '94
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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.
ISBN: 9780415100199
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 226g
176 pages