Fairness and Futurity: Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice

by Andrew Dobson (Editor)

Overview

This 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. These essays emerged from three intensive seminars which brought these distinct groups into fruitful contact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198294894
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/10/1999
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	1610L (what's this?)

About the Author

Keele University

Table of Contents

Introduction, Andrew DobsonPART ONE1. Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept, Michael Jacobs2. Sustainability: Should We Start from Here?, Alan HollandPART TWO3. Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future, Wilfred Beckerman4. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice, Brian Barry5. Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options, Bryan Norton6. Social Justice and Environmental Goods, David Miller7. An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General, Marcel Wissenburg8. Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable, Ted BentonPART THREE9. Must the Poor pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation, Stephen Tindale and Chris Hewett10. Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival, Koos NeefjesIndex