The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics
The philosopher John Rawls once said that "the question of justice between generations...subjects any ethical theory to severe if not impossible tests." This volume aims to illuminate those tests, indicate the progress made in resolving them, and take some steps of its own. It focuses on the increasing relevance of intergenerational ethics to key challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, rapid technological change, the expanding human population, and threats of extinction. It features philosophers and political theorists of international standing, providing a cutting-edge perspective on these issues. Part A considers how intergenerational ethics should be understood from the point of view of leading contemporary moral and political theories, as well as approaches grounded in diverse cultural traditions. Topics include consequentialism, deontology, the ethics of care, contractualism, communitarianism, indigenous perspectives on ancestry, capabilities, republicanism, Buen Vivir, nonanthropocentrism, Confucianism, Maori philosophy, and African intergenerational ethics. Part B reflects on key concepts that structure public and academic discussions of intergenerational issues, such as sustainability, natural heritage, well-being, basic needs, meaning, and the threat of intergenerational tyranny. Part C addresses central issues that arise in intergenerational ethics. These range from key philosophical problems to how to understand political ideals to questions about the limits of appropriate concern. Chapters focus on areas such as: just savings principles, discounting in economics, duties to the past, the nonidentity problem, the repugnant conclusion, discursive justice, shaping intergenerational institutions, and whether to make threatening human extinction an international crime. Part D concludes by sampling topics that have a special importance in intergenerational affairs, such as pensions, inheritance, reparations, intergenerational debt, nuclear weapons, human population size, species conservation, and genetic enhancement of humans.
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The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics
The philosopher John Rawls once said that "the question of justice between generations...subjects any ethical theory to severe if not impossible tests." This volume aims to illuminate those tests, indicate the progress made in resolving them, and take some steps of its own. It focuses on the increasing relevance of intergenerational ethics to key challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, rapid technological change, the expanding human population, and threats of extinction. It features philosophers and political theorists of international standing, providing a cutting-edge perspective on these issues. Part A considers how intergenerational ethics should be understood from the point of view of leading contemporary moral and political theories, as well as approaches grounded in diverse cultural traditions. Topics include consequentialism, deontology, the ethics of care, contractualism, communitarianism, indigenous perspectives on ancestry, capabilities, republicanism, Buen Vivir, nonanthropocentrism, Confucianism, Maori philosophy, and African intergenerational ethics. Part B reflects on key concepts that structure public and academic discussions of intergenerational issues, such as sustainability, natural heritage, well-being, basic needs, meaning, and the threat of intergenerational tyranny. Part C addresses central issues that arise in intergenerational ethics. These range from key philosophical problems to how to understand political ideals to questions about the limits of appropriate concern. Chapters focus on areas such as: just savings principles, discounting in economics, duties to the past, the nonidentity problem, the repugnant conclusion, discursive justice, shaping intergenerational institutions, and whether to make threatening human extinction an international crime. Part D concludes by sampling topics that have a special importance in intergenerational affairs, such as pensions, inheritance, reparations, intergenerational debt, nuclear weapons, human population size, species conservation, and genetic enhancement of humans.
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The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics

The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics

by Stephen M. Gardiner (Editor)
The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics
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The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics

The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics

by Stephen M. Gardiner (Editor)

Overview

The philosopher John Rawls once said that "the question of justice between generations...subjects any ethical theory to severe if not impossible tests." This volume aims to illuminate those tests, indicate the progress made in resolving them, and take some steps of its own. It focuses on the increasing relevance of intergenerational ethics to key challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, rapid technological change, the expanding human population, and threats of extinction. It features philosophers and political theorists of international standing, providing a cutting-edge perspective on these issues. Part A considers how intergenerational ethics should be understood from the point of view of leading contemporary moral and political theories, as well as approaches grounded in diverse cultural traditions. Topics include consequentialism, deontology, the ethics of care, contractualism, communitarianism, indigenous perspectives on ancestry, capabilities, republicanism, Buen Vivir, nonanthropocentrism, Confucianism, Maori philosophy, and African intergenerational ethics. Part B reflects on key concepts that structure public and academic discussions of intergenerational issues, such as sustainability, natural heritage, well-being, basic needs, meaning, and the threat of intergenerational tyranny. Part C addresses central issues that arise in intergenerational ethics. These range from key philosophical problems to how to understand political ideals to questions about the limits of appropriate concern. Chapters focus on areas such as: just savings principles, discounting in economics, duties to the past, the nonidentity problem, the repugnant conclusion, discursive justice, shaping intergenerational institutions, and whether to make threatening human extinction an international crime. Part D concludes by sampling topics that have a special importance in intergenerational affairs, such as pensions, inheritance, reparations, intergenerational debt, nuclear weapons, human population size, species conservation, and genetic enhancement of humans.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780190881955
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/25/2025
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 900
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Stephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he is also Director of the Program on Ethics. He is the author of A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change (2011), and co-author of Debating Climate Ethics (2016). His edited books include The Ethics of "Geoengineering" the Global Climate (2020), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics (2016), Climate Ethics: Essential Readings (2010) and Virtue Ethics: Old and New (2005). His latest book, Dialogues on Climate Justice (co-authored with Arthur Obst), tells the story of Hope, a fictional protagonist whose life is shaped by a series of conversations about ethics and justice in a climate-challenged world.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION The Intergenerational Turn in Ethics: Modest Extension, Major Transformation, or Jealous Virtues? Stephen M. Gardiner PART A. THEORIES AND TRADITIONS 1. Consequentialism as an Intergenerational Ethic Tim Mulgan 2. A Deontological Approach to Future Consequences Molly Gardner 3. For a Care-based Intergenerational Ethic Ruth Makoff and Rupert Read 4. Contractualism, Interpersonal and Intergenerational Rahul Kumar 5. Intergenerational Cooperation and the Social Contract Joseph Heath 6. Constructivist Contractualism and Future Generations Gustaf Arrhenius and Emil Andersson 7. Intergenerational Justice and Equality Clark Wolf 8. Global Intergenerational Justice: A Cosmopolitan Perspective Simon Caney 9. The Community, The Nation, and Obligations to Future Generations Avner de-Shalit 10. Hume, Republicanism, and Relations to Posterity John O'Neill and John Salter 11. Capabilities, Future Generations, and Climate Justice Breena Holland 12. Long-Term Non-anthropocentric Ethics John Nolt 13. Ancestry and Crisis: Intergenerational Ethics and Ecocentrism Kyle Whyte 14. Confucianism and Intergenerational Ethics Marion Hourdequin and David B. Wong 15. Kaitiakitanga: Toward an Intergenerational Philosophy Krushil Wahene 16. Intergenerational Justice: An African Perspective Ernest-Marie Mbonda and Thierry Ngosso 17. Buen Vivir: A Latin American Contribution to Intra- and Intergenerational Ethics Graciela Vidiella and Facundo Garcia Valverde PART B. KEY CONCEPTS 18. The Centrality of the Tyranny of the Contemporary to Intergenerational Ethics Stephen M. Gardiner 19. Intergenerational Metaphors Axel Gosseries 20. Well-being and Intergenerational Ethics Andrew Moore 21. Basic Needs and Sufficiency: the Foundations of Intergenerational Justice Lucas H. Meyer&Thomas Polzer 22. Natural Resources, Sustainability and Intergenerational Ethics Chris Armstrong 23. The Intergenerational Value of Natural Heritage Angela Karlhoff 24. Irreversible Loss Kai Spiekermann 25. Meaning and Value Across the Generations Samuel Scheffler 26. A World They Don't Deserve: Moral failure and deep adaptation Allen Thompson PART C. CENTRAL ISSUES 27. Discounting and Intergenerational Ethics Marc Fleurbaey and Stéphane Zuber 28. The Sustainabilitarian Approach: Utilitarianism, the Discounting of Future Welfare Levels, and Sustainability John E. Roemer 29. Justice between Coexisting Generations Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure 30. The Just Savings Principle Eric Brandstedt 31. The Family and Intergenerational Justice: A Liberal Egalitarian Perspective Colin M. Macleod 32. Do We Have Moral Duties to Past People? Geoffrey Scarre 33. Parfit and the Non-Identity Problem David Boonin 34. The Repugnant Conclusion: an Overview Gustaf Arrhenius&Emil Andersson 35. Risk, Responsibility, and Procreative Asymmetries Rivka Weinberg 36. Human Rights&Intergenerational Ethics Marcus Duwell 37. Discursive Justice in and with Future Generations Michael Blake 38. Intergenerational Ethics and Individual Duties: A Cooperative Promotional Approach Elizabeth Cripps 39. Political Institutions&Intergenerational Ethics: Disenfranchising the Future? Anja Karnein 40. Postericide and Intergenerational Ethics Catriona McKinnon PART D: SPECIAL TOPICS 41. Universal State Pension Schemes and the Duties of Retirees Elizabeth Finneron-Burns 42. On "Dynastic" Inequality Dan Halliday&Miranda Stewart 43. Intergenerational Justice and Debt Patrick Taylor Smith 44. Reparation as Intergenerational Justice Janna Thompson 45. Should We Deploy Nuclear Energy? How Intergenerational Ethics Could Help to Escape the Dichotomy Behnam Taebi 46. Nuclear Deterrence - Another Perfect Storm Matthew Rendall 47. The Challenge of Population Sarah Conly 48. Species Conservation, Biotechnology, and Intergenerational Ethics Ron Sandler 49. Moral Bioenhancement and Future Generations: Selecting Martyrdom? Julian Savulescu and Hilary Bowman-Smart
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