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Intertemporal Pollution, Accountability, and Justice in Appropriation
Wed, Apr 9 2008 3:09 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] If we are ever able to quantify the effects of pollution, we will still need to establish the degree to which particular contributors can be held accountable for those effects. It is important to recognize that in many cases, polluting acts have happened, and will continue to happen, over a long period of time. The significance... Read More...

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Filed under: Justice, Property Rights, Appropriation and Environmentalism, Opportunity

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...

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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...

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

Does Intrinsic Value in Nonconscious Objects Create Problems for Property Rights?
Sun, Mar 2 2008 2:51 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] So I wrote earlier about the idea of nonconscious objects having intrinsic value, and I was wondering about the implications of what I said for our normal conceptions regarding property rights. Basically, I argued that some objects, like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls, have the inherent capacity to inspire significant reactions... Read More...

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Filed under: Justice, Property Rights, Appropriation and Environmentalism, Intrinsic Value, Opportunity