POLS 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intergenerational Equity, Discount Window, Abusive Power And Control
24 Nov 2016
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Why inter-generational justice is important, how current theories of justice tackle/don(cid:495)t tackle the problem. How much carbon dioxide are people entitled to emit? produce a lot of greenhouse gases. Real problem to discuss rights in the future. theorizing morally, is that you are able to identify a particular person who is better or worse off. Parts of the world that are sufficiently industrialized, are affected than other parts of the world, that don(cid:495)t. If we consume high levels of fossil fuels, it(cid:495)s not the case that we impede someone from exercising their right in any way. In dealing with future people, difficult to say who(cid:495)s rights are being violated. Non-identity problem: some people think it(cid:495)s not a problem. The thought it, one of the conditions for. Brought by a child who was a subject of a failed termination. But the child, would the termination had been successful, the child. In the future, can never identify who will be born.
