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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

Rights for Future People in Light of the Non-Identity Problem
Sun, May 4 2008 5:08 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] To this point, we have identified rights-infringements as occurring where climate change causes the climate system to become more dangerous. It might seem, then, that wherever the impacts of a more dangerous climate system are felt, rights will be infringed, into perpetuity. After all, the mere passage of time between a cause... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 3 comment(s)

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

Cost-Benefit Analysis in Light of the Non-Identity Problem
Tue, Feb 19 2008 11:48 AM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] So earlier I wrote about the role played by discounting in doing cost-benefit analyses on the impacts of climate change. I concluded that discounting of future damage is unethical because it treats future people as if their interests matter less than present people's. But recently, I've also been discussing the implications... Read More...

by Donny with an A | 5 comment(s)

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