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Why worry about future generations? /

Why should we care what happens to future generations? Samuel Scheffler argues that we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our own attachments are powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheffler, Samuel, 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Uehiro series in practical ethics.
Subjects:
Intergenerational relations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social ethics.
Generations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics.
Ethics
Relations entre générations > Aspect moral.
Générations > Aspect moral.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Social ethics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Why should we care what happens to future generations? Samuel Scheffler argues that we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our own attachments are powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192523945
0192523945
9780191861802
0191861804