Justice to Future Generations and the Environment

by Hendrik Philip Visser 't Hooft

Book Overview

The analysis of justice between generations proposed in this book is based first of all on a critical reading of Rawls' theory of justice, but it also pays attention to the existential and cultural context of our intuitions about intergenerational equity. Although the desire for justice supplies an independent reason for action, the unprecedented character of the context in which that reason must operate necessarily raises the question of its psychological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792357566
• ISBN13: 9780792357568
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"