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Why posterity matters : environmental policies and future generations / Avner de-Shalit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De-Shalit, Avner.
- Series:
- Environmental philosophies series.
- Environmental philosophies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-85648-2
- 1-134-85649-0
- 1-280-14842-X
- 0-203-98064-6
- 9780203980644
- OCLC:
- 437150768
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