Environmental ethics and Rawls' theory of justice
Environmental Ethics 3 (2):155-165 (1981)
| Abstract | Although John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice does not deal specifically with the ethics of environmental concerns, it can generally be applied to give justification for the prudent and continent use of our natural resources. The argument takes two forms: one dealing with the immediate effects of environmental impact and the other, delayed effects. Immediate effects, which impact the present society, should besubject to environmental controls because they affect health and opportunity, social primary goods to be dispensed by society. Delayed environmental impacts, affecting future generations, are also subject to control because future generations have a just claim upon our natural resources-the generation to which a person belongs is an arbitrary contingency which should not exclude persons not yet born from consideration in the original contract of society | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,653 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesDavid Schlosberg (2007). Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature. OUP Oxford.
Troy W. Hartley (1995). Environmental Justice. Environmental Ethics 17 (3):277-289.
Ted Preston (2004). Environmental Values, Pluralism, and Stability. Ethics, Place and Environment 7 (1 & 2):73 – 83.
Brent A. Singer (1988). An Extension of Rawls' Theory of Justice to Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 10 (3):217-231.
Derek Bell (2004). Environmental Justice and Rawls' Difference Principle. Environmental Ethics 26 (3):287-306.
Derek Bell (2004). Environmental Justice and Rawls' Difference Principle. Environmental Ethics 26 (3):287-306.
Daniel P. Thero (1995). Rawls and Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 17 (1):93-106.
Daniel P. Thero (1995). Rawls and Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 17 (1):93-106.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads14 ( #83,010 of 548,984 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,327 of 548,984 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
