Why worry about future generations? / Samuel Scheffler.
2018
CB158
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Title
Why worry about future generations? / Samuel Scheffler.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191861802 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
CB158
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.4901
Summary
The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argued that we have duties of beneficence to promote the well-being of our descendants. Rather than focusing exclusively on issues of moral responsibility, Samuel Scheffler considers the broader question of why and how future generations matter to us. Although we lack a developed set of ideas about the value of human continuity, we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our existing values and attachments are a variety of powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing.
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The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argued that we have duties of beneficence to promote the well-being of our descendants. Rather than focusing exclusively on issues of moral responsibility, Samuel Scheffler considers the broader question of why and how future generations matter to us. Although we lack a developed set of ideas about the value of human continuity, we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our existing values and attachments are a variety of powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 16, 2018).
Series
Uehiro series in practical ethics.
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Print version: 9780198798989
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