Page, Edward, 1968-. (2007) Fairness on the day after tomorrow: justice, reciprocity and global climate change. Political Studies, Vol.55 (No.1). pp. 225-242. ISSN 0032-3217

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Abstract

Climate change raises important questions of global distributive justice, which can be defined as the issue of how benefits and burdens should be distributed within and between generations. This article addresses two conceptual issues that underpin the relationship between climate change and the part of distributive justice concerned with the entitlements of future persons. The first is the role of reciprocity, conceived either as mutual advantage or fair play, in the allocation of distributive entitlements between generations. The second is the extent to which theories of 'justice as reciprocity' can ground duties of intergenerational justice that underpin radical policies to manage the causes and impacts of global climate change. I argue that theories of justice as fair reciprocity generate significant duties of environmental conservation, despite these duties not being owed directly to the not-yet-born.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Distributive justice, Climactic changes, Welfare economics, Resource allocation, Intergenerational relations, Justice (Philosophy)
Journal or Publication Title:	Political Studies
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0032-3217
Date:	February 2007
Volume:	Vol.55
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 225-242
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00649.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC)
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