ISBN:
9780192523945
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Series Statement:
Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4901
Keywords:
Intergenerational relations-Moral and ethical aspects
;
Social ethics
;
Generations-Moral and ethical aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Why should we care what happens to future generations? Samuel Scheffler argues that we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our own attachments are powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing.
Abstract:
Cover -- WHY WORRY ABOUT FUTURE GENERATIONS? -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter one: Temporal Parochialism and Its Discontents -- Chapter two: Reasons to Worry: Interest and Love -- Chapter three: Reasons to Worry: Valuation and Reciprocity -- Chapter four: Attachment and Axiology -- Chapter five: Conservatism, Temporal Bias, and Future Generations -- The conservative disposition -- The bias toward the future and its limits -- Thinking about future generations: contrasting perspectives revisited -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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