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Enough for the Future

Meyer, Lukas H, Roser, Dominic·2009·Intergenerational Justice
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282951.003.0009
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Reflecting the normative significance of specific features of intergenerational relations this chapter investigates the justice claims of future people vis-à-vis currently living people. It discusses sufficientarian and egalitarian conceptions of justice, and argues that a sufficientarian approach is appropriate in the intergenerational context. This conclusion is based, first, on the argument that by relying on a threshold conception of harm we can solve the non-identity problem and that there are good reasons to specify the relevant threshold in sufficientarian terms. Second, it is based upon an examination of reasons given for a sufficientarian understanding of global justice. These reasons are shown to speak even more strongly for a sufficientarian understanding of intergenerational justice.

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Authors
Meyer, L. H., & Roser, D.
ORCID
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Intergenerational Justice
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2009-05-21
Pages
219-248
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282951.003.0009
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W4252814803
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105
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13.07
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book chapter
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en
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closed
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Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Keywords
intergenerational justice, sufficientarianism, egalitarianism, non-identity problem, global justice, future generations, distributive justice

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