A01=Avner De-Shalit
Author_Avner De-Shalit
Average Happiness
Average Utilitarianism
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Category=QDTQ
Communitarian Theory
community
Constitutive Community
context
contractarian philosophy
distributive justice models
Energy Resources
environmental ethics
Environmental Issue
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future
Future People
Future People's Rights
Future People’s Rights
generations
Good Life
intergenerational
Intergenerational Context
Intergenerational Distributive Justice
Intergenerational Justice
Intergenerational Relations
Ivory Coast
justice
Long Term Productive Capacity
moral
Moral Similarity
Original Position
people
philosophical foundations of environmental justice
Primary Goods
remote
Remote Future Generations
resource allocation theory
Saving Principle
SDP
sustainability policy analysis
Total Utilitarian
transgenerational
Transgenerational Community
welfare economics
Welfare Rights
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415100199
- Weight: 292g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Avner de-Shalit is a lecturer in environmental ethics and politics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the co-editor of a book on communitarianism and individualism and the author of numerous articles on environmental ethics and politics.
