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OverviewWhat do we owe future people? Intergenerational ethics is of great philosophical and practical importance, given human beings' ability to affect not only the quality of life of future people, but also how many of them there will be (if any at all). This book develops a distinctly contractualist answer to this question--we need to justify our actions to them on grounds they could not reasonably reject.The book develops principles of intergenerational ethics in four main areas. How good a life are we required to leave future people? When is it permissible for an individual to procreate? Should we try to ensure as many people as possible live in the future or allow humans to become extinct? How does the fact that we do not always know how our actions will affect future people change what we owe them? The book answers these questions by using the contractualist method to develop general moral principles in these areas, and then applying those principles to real-world, concrete situations that individuals and states face every day. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Finneron-Burns (Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Assistant Professor of Political Theory, University of Western Ontario)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 20.10cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 14.70cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780197653258ISBN 10: 0197653251 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 26 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews"An impressive statement and development of the contractualist position on future generations, which everyone will now have to take seriously. Elizabeth Finneron-Burns has set the benchmark against which those of us who disagree will have to respond. * Stephen M. Gardiner, Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle * What We Owe to Future Generations is both an outstanding introduction to the central questions of intergenerational ethics and the best defense to date of the value of thinking about them in the way contractualism invites. It is certain to become one of the standard texts that anyone interested in intergenerational ethics should read. * Rahul Kumar, Queen's University * The question of What We Owe to Future Generations has accurately been described as ""mind-bending"" in its difficulty, and yet it is a question of profound importance for central decisions of how we should best live, how we should make procreative decisions, and how we should deal with the problems of climate change. In this wise, well-informed and judicious book, Elizabeth Finneron-Burns approaches theseehon issues with skill and clarity, taking an approach that is rooted in the contractualist ethical theory of T. M. Scanlon. Everyone interested in the ethical questions generated by our relationship to future people will find this book informative, thoughtful and stimulating. * Martin O'Neill, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of York *" Author InformationElizabeth Finneron-Burns is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Western Ontario and an affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. Her work on intergenerational ethics and the ethics of human extinction has been published in various journals including Utilitas, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |