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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Theoretical Foundations of Intergenerational Ecological Justice: An Overview
Beteiligte:
Weston, Burns H.
Erschienen:
Project MUSE, 2012
Erschienen in:
Human Rights Quarterly, 34 (2012) 1, Seite 251-266
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1353/hrq.2012.0003
ISSN:
1085-794X
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Beschreibung:
While few would deny that present generations have a moral obligation to preserve the environment for future generations, some theorists reject the existence of a legal duty in this regard. This article takes the opposite view. It argues that ample juridical as well as ethical social justice theory—contractarian distributive and reciprocity-based theories prominent among them—establishes that future generations have a legal right to a clean and healthy environment. But most helpful in ensuring intergenerational ecological justice, the author contends, is a respect-based theory of social justice which at its core honors the values that underwrite human rights law and policy inclusively conceived and embraced.