Overview
Climate change creates unprecedented problems of intergenerational justice. What do members of the current generation owe to future generations in virtue of the contribution they are making to climate change? Providing important new insights within the theoretical framework of political liberalism, Climate Change and Future Justice presents arguments in three key areas: Mitigation: the current generation ought to adopt a strong precautionary principle in formulating climate change policy in order to minimise the risks of serious harm from climate change imposed on future generations Adaptation: the current generation ought to create a fund to which members of future generations may apply for compensation if the risks of climate change harm imposed on them by the current generation ripen into harms Triage: future generations ought to keep alive hope for a return to the framework of justice for the social cooperation of future people less burdened by climate change harms. This work presents agenda-setting applications of important principles of democratic equality to the most serious set of political challenges ever faced by human society. It should be required reading for political theorists and environmental philosophers.
Full Product Details
Author: Catriona McKinnon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.360kg
ISBN: 9780415461252
ISBN 10: 0415461251
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 19 October 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""With thoroughness and sophistication, [McKinnon] explores intergenerational justice in light of the current generation's contribution to climate change.""- R. E. O'Connor, CHOICE, January 2013, Vol. 50 No. 05
With thoroughness and sophistication, [McKinnon] explores intergenerational justice in light of the current generation's contribution to climate change. - R. E. O'Connor, CHOICE, January 2013, Vol. 50 No. 05
With thoroughness and sophistication, [McKinnon] explores intergenerational justice in light of the current generation's contribution to climate change. - R. E. O'Connor, CHOICE, January 2013, Vol. 50 No. 05
Author Information
Catriona McKinnon is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Reading. She has published widely on many topics in contemporary political theory, including toleration, political liberalism, equality, and cosmopolitanism.
