1st Edition
John Rawls and Environmental Justice Implementing a Sustainable and Socially Just Future
By John Töns
Copyright 2022
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using the principles of John Rawls’ theory of justice, this book offers an alternative political vision, one which describes a mode of governance that will enable communities to implement a sustainable and socially just future.
Rawls described a theory of justice that not only describes the sort of society in which anyone would like to live but that any society can create a society based on... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. Welcome to the Anthropocene 2. Fairness: A Magnificent Obsession 3. The Social Contract 4. The Basic Structure and the Principles of Justice 5. Political Culture and the Basic Structure 6. The Coercive Role of the Basic Structure 7. Just Savings 8. Ideal Theory 9. 'We are all in this together' 10. From Ideal Theory to Practice Appendix : An Open Letter to all the Delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference 2021
Biography
John Töns has, for the past 40 years, been active in social and environmental justice. He holds a PhD in Global Justice from Flinders University, Australia.
