In this timely study, Thompson presents a theory of intergenerational justice that gives citizens duties to past and future generations, showing why people can make legitimate demands of their successors and explaining what relationships between contemporary generations count as fair. What connects these various responsibilities and entitlements is a view about individual interests that both argues that individuals are motivated by intergenerational concerns, and that a polity that appropriately recognizes these interests must support and accept intergenerational responsibilities. The book...
In this timely study, Thompson presents a theory of intergenerational justice that gives citizens duties to past and future generations, showing wh...
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history s most monstrous crimes: slavery. Millions of Africans were forcibly abducted from their homes and subjected to misery, humiliation and death as part of the brutal Atlantic slave trade.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history s most monstrous crimes: slavery. Million...
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history s most monstrous crimes: slavery. Millions of Africans were forcibly abducted from their homes and subjected to misery, humiliation and death as part of the brutal Atlantic slave trade.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history s most monstrous crimes: slavery. Million...
