Towards the Ethics of a Green Future

The Theory and Practice of Human Rights for Future People
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-06931-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Sustainability

What are our obligations towards future generations who stand to be harmed by the impact of today’s environmental crises? This book explores ecological sustainability as a human rights issue and examines what our long-term responsibilities might be.

This interdisciplinary collection of chapters provides a basis for understanding the debates on the provision of sustainability for future generations from a diverse set of theoretical standpoints. Covering a broad range of perspectives such as risk and uncertainty, legal implementation, representation, motivation and economics, Towards the Ethics of a Green Future sets out the key questions involved in this complex ethical issue. The contributors bring theoretical discussions to life through the use of case studies and real-world examples. The book also includes clear and tangible recommendations for policymakers on how to put the suggestions proposed within the book into practice.

This book will be of great interest to all researchers and students concerned with issues of sustainability and human rights, as well as scholars of environmental politics, law and ethics more generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Düwell, Marcus

Bos, Gerhard

Steenbergen, Naomi van

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

1. Introduction

Gerhard Bos, Marcus Düwell and Naomi van Steenbergen

2. Why 'Rights' of Future People?

Marcus Düwell and Gerhard Bos

3. Risk and Rights: How do Deal with Risks from a Rights-Based Perspective

Lukas H. Meyer, Fabian Schuppert, Harald Stelzer and Adriana Placani

4. Looking to the Future: Finding Suitable Models and Scenarios

Joachim H. Spangenberg

5. Pathways for Future Generations in Existing Legal Human Rights Provisions

Elina Pirjatanniemi

6. Political Representation of Future Generations

Danielle Zwarthoed

7. Intergenerational Justice in the Context of Developing Countries

Adrian-Paul Iliescu, Ileana Dascalu, Thierry Ngosso and Naomi van Steenbergen

8. Climate Economics and Future Generations

Klaus Steigleder

9. Motivational Aspects of a Politics of Sustainability

Dieter Birnbacher

10. Governance Towards a Green Future

May Thorseth and Fabian Schuppert

11. Ethics of a Green Future: A Research Agenda

Marcus Düwell and Karsten Klint Jensen

Index

Political bodies, agreements and legal documents

Über Autor(innen)

Marcus Düwell holds a chair in philosophical ethics at Utrecht University, and is the Director of the university's Ethics Institute. His research focuses on ethics of human rights, ethics of future generations and bioethics.

Gerhard Bos’s research is directed towards the conceptual underpinnings of human rights and the implications for long-term responsibilities. He worked at the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University as a postdoctoral researcher, and coordinated the ESF Research Networking Programme ‘Rights to a Green Future’ (2011–2015).

Naomi van Steenbergen divides her research time between moral psychology, ethics and climate justice. She is currently co-editing a book on practical self-understanding. Besides her research and teaching in philosophy, she works as a literary and academic translator.