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Justice, Posterity, and the Environment (Hardcover, Revised)
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Justice, Posterity, and the Environment (Hardcover, Revised)
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In rich countries, environmental problems are seen as problems of
prosperity. In poor countries they are seen as problems of poverty.
This is because the environmental problems in poor countries, such
as lack of clean drinking water, are problems that affect them here
and now, whereas in rich countries the environmental problems that
people worry about most are those that - largely as a result of
prosperity and economic growth - seem likely to harm mainly future
generations. But what exactly are our obligations to future
generations? Are these determined by their "rights", or
intergenerational justice, or equity, or "sustainable development"?
The first part of this book argues that none of these concepts
provides any guidance, but that we still have a moral obligation to
take account of the interests that future generations will have. An
appraisal of probable developments suggests that, while
environmental problems have to be taken seriously, our main
obligation to future generations is to bequeath to them a society
in which there is greater respect for basic human rights than is
the case today.
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