Intergenerational Justice

Informationen zum Autor Lukas H. Meyer is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy! University of Graz! Austria Zusammenfassung Addresses questions such as: What is the status of people now deceased and people who may exist in the future? What duties of justice do we have towards people with whom we can neither interact nor co-operate, and can people who are indirect victims of past injustices legitimately claim compensation? Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Part I Foundations: Utilitarianism and new generations! Jan Narveson; Distributive shares! John Rawls; The non-identity problem! Derek Parfit; The intractability of the non-identity problem! David Heyd; Surviving duties and symbolic compensation! Lukas H. Meyer; Discounting the future! John Broome; What motivates us to care for the (distant) future?! Dieter Birnbacher. Part II Substantive Principles of Intergenerational Justice: Wrongful life! procreative responsibility! and the significance of harm! Seana Valentine Shiffrin; Sustainability and intergenerational justice! Brian Barry; Nonideal theory! John Rawls; Enough for the future! Lukas H. Meyer and Dominic Roser; Three models of intergenerational reciprocity! Axel Gosseries; Life extension versus replacement! Gustaf Arrhenius; The pure intergenerational problem! Stephen M. Gardiner; Climate change and the duties of the advantaged! Simon Caney. Part III Normative Significance of Historical Injustices and their Consequences: The new Indian claims and original rights to land! David Lyons; Superseding historic injustice! Jeremy Waldron; The apology paradox! Janna Thompson; Transgenerational compensation! George Sher; Who can be wronged?! Rahul Kumar; On benefiting from injustice! Daniel Butt; Climate justice and historical emissions! Lukas H. Meyer and Dominic Roser; Name index.

Product details

• Authors: Lukas H. Meyer, Professor Lukas H. Meyer
• Assisted by: Lukas H. Meyer (Editor), Professor Lukas H. Meyer (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.2012
• EAN: 9780754629856
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-2985-6
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: The Library of Essays on Justice; The Library of Essays on Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law