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- catalog abstract ""This book contributes to the discussion about obligations to the future generations by arguing that a principle of justice according to which we must share the environmental resources of the planet with future generations must be considered to be part of the just basic structure of society. The argument is based on a close study of Rawls' theory of justice and particularly of its treatment of the future generations issue. But the author claims that the affirmation of a principle of justice towards future generations must be accompanied by the attempt to articulate motives that shape a concern with the fate of future persons in the first place."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11356059.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""This book contributes to the discussion about obligations to the future generations by arguing that a principle of justice according to which we must share the environmental resources of the planet with future generations must be considered to be part of the just basic structure of society. The argument is based on a close study of Rawls' theory of justice and particularly of its treatment of the future generations issue. But the author claims that the affirmation of a principle of justice towards future generations must be accompanied by the attempt to articulate motives that shape a concern with the fate of future persons in the first place."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Clarifying the issue -- The setting -- Justice: a detached perspective -- Justice in context: the view from the present -- Justice as focus.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 167 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0792357566 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Law and philosophy library ; v. 40".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog subject "320/.01/1 21".
- catalog subject "Environmental justice.".
- catalog subject "Jurisprudence.".
- catalog subject "K240 .V57 1999".
- catalog subject "Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Idea of public reason revisited.".
- catalog subject "Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Clarifying the issue -- The setting -- Justice: a detached perspective -- Justice in context: the view from the present -- Justice as focus.".
- catalog title "Justice to future generations and the environment / Hendrik Ph. Visser 't Hooft.".
- catalog type "text".