Janna Thompson

Intergenerational Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Rights and Responsibilities in an Intergenerational Polity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on contemporary social issues-- the environmental crisis, population growth and demographic change, and the question of whether reparations are owed to indigenous peoples--this study presents a theory of intergenerational justice that gives citizens duties to past and future generations, and explains what relationships between contemporary generations count as fair.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135843090
• Artikelnr.: 38258716

Autorenporträt

Janna Thompson is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of Taking Responsibility for the Past and other articles and books on historical obligations, environmental ethics and intergenerational justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Towards a Theory of Justice for an
Intergenerational Polity
Chapter 2: Justice, Non-Identity and Intergenerational Relationships
Chapter 3: Partnership, Reciprocity and Identity
Chapter 4: Lifetime-Transcending Interests
Chapter 5: Lifetime-Transcending Interests and Duties to Past People
Chapter 6: Taking Responsibility for the Past
Chapter 7: Just Inheritance in an Intergenerational Polity
Chapter 8: Generational Rights and Duties
Chapter 9: Fair Shares
Chapter 10: Creating Future Generations
Chapter 11: Sustainability and Future Generations
Chapter 12: Intergenerational Global Justice
Notes
Bibliography
Index