Intergenerational Justice

Lukas H. Meyer is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria

Contents: Introduction; Part I Foundations: Utilitarianism and new generations, Jan Narveson; Distributive shares, John Rawls; The non-identity problem, Derek Parfit; The intractability of the non-identity problem, David Heyd; Surviving duties and symbolic compensation, Lukas H. Meyer; Discounting the future, John Broome; What motivates us to care for the (distant) future?, Dieter Birnbacher. Part II Substantive Principles of Intergenerational Justice: Wrongful life, procreative responsibility, and the significance of harm, Seana Valentine Shiffrin; Sustainability and intergenerational justice, Brian Barry; Nonideal theory, John Rawls; Enough for the future, Lukas H. Meyer and Dominic Roser; Three models of intergenerational reciprocity, Axel Gosseries; Life extension versus replacement, Gustaf Arrhenius; The pure intergenerational problem, Stephen M. Gardiner; Climate change and the duties of the advantaged, Simon Caney. Part III Normative Significance of Historical Injustices and their Consequences: The new Indian claims and original rights to land, David Lyons; Superseding historic injustice, Jeremy Waldron; The apology paradox, Janna Thompson; Transgenerational compensation, George Sher; Who can be wronged?, Rahul Kumar; On benefiting from injustice, Daniel Butt; Climate justice and historical emissions, Lukas H. Meyer and Dominic Roser; Name index.