Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future Generations

by Avner de-Shalit

Book Overview

Why Posterity Matters is the first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations. It appears at a time when it is becoming increasingly obvious that we can no longer exploit the environment without causing risks for posterity.

Dr de-Shalit argues that our obligations towards new generations are a matter of justice, not of charity or supererogation. It becomes our duty to consider them when we distribute access...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415100194
• ISBN13: 9780415100199
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"