Rövid leírás:
The book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice.
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Hosszú leírás:
Fairness and Futurity: Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice.
It raises important questions and sets out to provide the answers. If future generations are owed justice, what should we bequeath them? Is `sustainability’ an appropriate medium for environmentalists to express their demands? Is environmental protection compatible with intra-generational justice? Is environmental sustainability a luxury when social peace has broken down?
These essays emerged from three intensive seminars that involved participants in constant re-evaluations of their work, and which bought three distinct groups–environmental theorists, `mainstream’ political theorists, and policy community members–into fruitful contact. In particular, the attempt to involve `mainstream’ theorists in environmental questions, and to encourage environmentalists to use intellectual resources of political theory, should be highlighted.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction
PART ONE
Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept
Sustainability: Should We Start from Here?
PART TWO
Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future
Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice
Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options
Social Justice and Environmental Goods
An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General
Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable
PART THREE
Must the Poor pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation
Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival
Index
