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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

"Costs" vs. "Harms" and Rights in Light of the Non-Identity Problem
Tue, Mar 4 2008 3:00 PM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] So I've been talking a lot about the implications of the Non-Identity Problem for the way we think about our obligations to future people, and I came up with the idea that perhaps we want to talk about "costs" to future people, as opposed to "harms," because the concept of harm doesn't seem to apply... Read More...

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Filed under: Justice, The Non-Identity Problem

Costs to Future People: A Thought Experiment
Sat, Feb 23 2008 11:44 AM

[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] So I've been talking a lot about the implications of the Non-Identity Problem for dealing with issues like climate change, and I've come up with a thought experiment to help think about it. Vlad is a mad scientist, and knows that his neighbors, the Crosbys, have been planning to have a child. He constructs a sophisticated... Read More...

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Filed under: Justice, 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