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Generational Rights
Mon, May 5 2008 5:40 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] The conclusion that we cannot infringe upon future people’s right by causing climate change may not appeal to individuals who see injustice in the fact that by causing climate change, the world we leave behind for future people could be substantially less hospitable than it would have been if presently existing people... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 66 comment(s)

Filed under: Justice, Climate Change, The Non-Identity Problem, Opportunity

Climate Change and the Right to Culture
Tue, Apr 29 2008 3:30 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] The Right to an Opportunity for Cultural Integration Focusing only on property damage caused by climate change, it may be noted, seems to leave out a large part of the picture of why people are concerned about climate change. In addition to the impacts discussed so far, many would find objection the fact that climate change... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Justice, Climate Change, Opportunity, Lifestyles

Is There a Right to Culture?
Thu, Apr 3 2008 3:52 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] Last week I had a conversation with my thesis advisor, Dr. Harry Brighouse, in which we discussed an interesting idea which I think might prove important in one way or another, and which I think is worthy of elaboration here. The idea was that a big part of what people are concerned about in discussing climate change is that... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 5 comment(s)

Filed under: Justice, Property Rights, Climate Change, Appropriation and Environmentalism, Opportunity, Lifestyles

Climate Change, Vanishing Lifestyles, and Children
Tue, Mar 25 2008 7:56 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] So in a previous post , I discussed a case in which rising sea levels, resulting from a warming of the Earth, caused the salinization of a Bangladeshi farmer's land, so that he could no longer grow rice on it in the way to which he was accustomed. I concluded that as the owner of the land, with full property rights, he should... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Justice, Property Rights, Climate Change, Appropriation and Environmentalism, Opportunity, Lifestyles