1st Edition
Climate Change and Future Justice Precaution, Compensation and Triage
By Catriona McKinnon
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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:
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1. Introduction 2. A Rawlsian Approach to Climate Change Justice 3. Precautions 4. Intergenerational Corrective Justice 5. The End of the World As We Know It: Catastrophes and Triage 6. Conclusion: Getting Motivated in the Last Chance Saloon
Biography
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.
"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
