Why worry about future generations ?
Scheffler, Samuel
Why worry about future generations ? [Texte imprimé] / Samuel Scheffler - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018 - 1 vol. (146 p.) ; 21 cm - Uehiro series in practical ethics .
Bibliogr. p. 137-143
Temporal parochialism and its discontents -- Reasons to worry : interest and love -- Reasons to worry : valuation and reciprocity -- Attachment and axiology -- Conservatism, temporal bias, and future generations
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
978-0-19-879898-9
171.7
Why worry about future generations ? [Texte imprimé] / Samuel Scheffler - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018 - 1 vol. (146 p.) ; 21 cm - Uehiro series in practical ethics .
Bibliogr. p. 137-143
Temporal parochialism and its discontents -- Reasons to worry : interest and love -- Reasons to worry : valuation and reciprocity -- Attachment and axiology -- Conservatism, temporal bias, and future generations
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
978-0-19-879898-9
171.7