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Finneron-Burns, E. M. (Elizabeth Mary) (2016) Contractualism and the non-identity problem. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19 (5). pp. 1151-1163. doi:10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8
Abstract
This paper argues that T.M. Scanlon’s contractualism can provide a solution to the non-identity problem. It first argues that there is no reason not to include future people in the realm of those to whom we owe justification, but that merely possible people are not included. It then goes on to argue that a person could reasonably reject a principle that left them with a barely worth living life even though that principle caused them to exist, and that current people could not justify creating people with barely worth living lives on the grounds that it caused those people to exist.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ethics, Intergenerational relations -- Philosophy, Scanlon, Thomas -- Criticism, Textual | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1386-2820 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1151-1163 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10677-016-9723-8 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Sweden. Vetenskapsrådet [Research Council] |
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