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Everyone Gives (Hardcover)

Susan Langlois; Illustrated by Joanna Pasek

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Yule Spy (Hardcover)

Roger J Easton; Illustrated by Joanna Pasek

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Justice, Posterity, and the Environment (Hardcover, Revised)

Wilfred Beckerman, Joanna Pasek

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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.

Justice, Posterity, and the Environment (Paperback, New)

Wilfred Beckerman, Joanna Pasek

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This volume provides a thought-provoking critique the main, existing school of environmental ethics and seeks to build a more coherent and rigorous philosophical basis for future environmental policy.