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. In this volume sixteen philosophers explore intergenerational justice. Part One examines the ways in which various theories of justice look at the matter. These include libertarian, Rawlsian, sufficientarian, contractarian, communitarian, Marxian and reciprocity-based approaches. In Part Two, the authors look more specifically at issues relevant to each of these theories, such as motivation to act fairly towards future generations, the population dimension, the formation of preferences through education and how they impact on our intergenerational obligations, and whether it is fair to rely on constitutional devices.
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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.
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PART I : THEORIES; PART II : SPECIFIC ISSUES
Review from previous edition a comprehensive work that will be useful to all scholars with an interest in modern population ethics ... the book constitutes a very significant contribution to an overall topic which - due to the fact that it is both theoretically challenging and practically highly pertinent - seems destined to constitute a continuously expanding sub-field of ethics.
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`Review from previous edition a comprehensive work that will be useful to all scholars with an interest in modern population ethics ... the book constitutes a very significant contribution to an overall topic which - due to the fact that it is both theoretically challenging and practically highly pertinent - seems destined to constitute a continuously expanding sub-field of ethics. ' Economics and Philosophy `a stimulating book ... the essays collected offer a high-quality analysis of the various problems underpinning intergenerational justice.' Antoine Verret-Hamelin, Recension DOuvraçe
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Distinguished international line-up of contributors Clearly presented essays published here for the first time Authoritative reference point for this topic of growing interest
Axel Gosseries is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS), based at the Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale (Université catholique de Louvain). He also lectures at the universities of Louvain and St-Louis (Brussels). ; Lukas Meyer is Assistenzprofessor für Praktische Philosophie at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Distinguished international line-up of contributors Clearly presented essays published here for the first time Authoritative reference point for this topic of growing interest

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199659326
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
604 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Biographical note

Axel Gosseries is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS), based at the Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale (Université catholique de Louvain). He also lectures at the universities of Louvain and St-Louis (Brussels). ; Lukas Meyer is Assistenzprofessor für Praktische Philosophie at the University of Bern, Switzerland.