Fairness and Futurity - Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice

Fairness and Futurity: Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice. It raises important questions and sets out to provide the answers. If future generations are owed justice, what should we bequeath them? Is `sustainability'an appropriate medium for environmentalists to express their demands? Is environmental protection compatible with intra-generational justice? Is environmental sustainability a luxury when social peace has broken down? These essays emerged from three intensive seminars that involved participants in constant re-evaluations of their work, and which bought three distinct groups--environmental theorists, `mainstream'political theorists, and policy community members--into fruitful contact. In particular, the attempt to involve `mainstream'theorists in environmental questions, and to encourage environmentalists to use intellectual resources of political theory, should be highlighted. 0198294883 Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I 1. Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept 2. Sustainability: Should We Start From Here? PART II 3. Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future Generations 4. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice 5. Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options 6. Social Justice and Environmental Goods 7. An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General 8. Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable? PART III 9. Must the Poor Pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation 10. Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Fairness and Futurity: Essays on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice. It raises important questions and sets out to provide the answers. If future generations are owed justice, what should we bequeath them? Is 'sustainability' an appropriate medium for environmentalists to express their demands? Is environmental protection compatible with intra-generational justice? Is environmental sustainability a luxury when social peace has broken down? -- Publisher description

This book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice. These essays emerged from three intensive seminars which brought these distinct groups into fruitful contact.

Annotation This book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice. These essays emerged from three intensive seminars which brought these distinct groups into fruitful contact The book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice Over the last ten years, the terms 'sustainable development' and 'sustainability' have come to dominate the field of environmental policy and politics. Edited By Andrew Dobson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.