Page, Edward, 1968-. (2007) Justice between generations: investigating a sufficientarian approach. Journal of Global Ethics, Vol.3 (No.1). pp. 3-20. ISSN 1744-9626

Preview

PDF WRAP_Page_0582711-250609-profile6.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader Download (121Kb)

Abstract

A key concern of global ethics is the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens amongst persons belonging to different populations. Until recently, the philosophical literature on global distribution was dominated by the question of how benefits and burdens should be divided amongst contemporaries. Recent years, however, have seen an increase in research on the scope and content of our duties to future generations. This has led to a number of innovative attempts to extend principles of distribution across time while retaining a focus on the entitlements of the existing poor. In this article, I examine a key aspect of intergenerational justice, namely, the appropriate 'pattern' of well-being that should be obtained across generations. With the aid of research into the impacts of global climate change, I evaluate a number of rival accounts of the pattern of justice and go on to explore the merits of a 'global sufficientarian' ethic, which holds that as many persons as possible should enjoy a satisfactory level of well-being regardless of when or where they live.

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, Intergenerational relations, Resource allocation, Welfare economics, Climactic changes -- Economic aspects, Equality
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Global Ethics
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1744-9626
Date:	April 2007
Volume:	Vol.3
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 3-20
Identification Number:	10.1080/17449620600991960
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
References:	Arneson, R. (1995) ‘Equality’, in A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, eds. R.E. Goodin and P. Petit, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 489-507. Arneson, R. (2006) ‘Distributive Justice and Basic Capability Equality: “Good Enough” is not Good Enough’, forthcoming in Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and Problems, ed. A. Kaufman, Routledge, London (page numbers in the text refer to the public access version of the article available at: http://philosophy2.ucsd.edu/~rarneson/). Beckerman, W. and Pasek, J. (2001) Justice, Posterity and the Environment, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Beckerman, W. (1999) ‘Sustainability and Intergenerational Equality’, in Fairness and Futurity , ed. A. Dobson, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 71-92. Braybrooke, D. (1987) Meeting Needs, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Buchanan, A., Brock, D.W., Daniels, N. and Wikler, D. (2003) From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Caney, S. (2005) ‘Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change’, Leiden Journal of International Law, vol. 18, pp. 747-775. Cohen, G.A. (1989) ‘On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice’, Ethics, vol. 99, pp. 906-44. Copp, D. (1998) ‘Equality, Justice, and the Basic Needs’ in Necessary Goods: Our Responsibilities to meet Others’ Needs, ed. G. Brock, Rowman and Littlefield, Oxford, pp. 113-133. Copp, D. (2001) Morality, Normativity, and Society, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Copp, D. (2005) ‘International Justice and the basic needs principle’, in The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, eds. G. Brock and H. Brighouse, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 39-54. Crisp, R. (2003) ‘Equality, Priority, and Compassion’, Ethics, vol.113, pp. 754-63. Daniels, N. (1996) Justice and Justification: Reflective Equilibrium in Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Doyal, L. and Gough, I. (1991) A Theory of Human Need, Macmillan, Basingstoke. Dworkin, R. (2000) Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Frankfurt, H. (1987) ‘Equality as a Moral Ideal’, Ethics, vol.98, pp. 21-43. Frankfurt, H. (1997) ‘Equality and Respect’, Social Research, vol. 64, pp. 3-13. Hurley, S.L. (2003) Justice, Luck, and Knowledge, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Lomborg, B. (2001) The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Markandya, A. and Halsnaes, K. (2001), ‘Costing Methodologies’, in Climate Change 2001: Mitigation, eds. B. Metz, O. Davidson, R. Swart and J. Pan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 451-495. Marmor, A. (2003) ‘Intrinsic Value of Economic Equality’, in Rights, Culture and the Law: Themes from the Legal and Political Philosophy of Joseph Raz, eds. L. Meyer, S.L. Paulson, and T.W. Pogge, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 127-41. McMichael, A.J. (1996) ‘Human Population Health’, in Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations, and Mitigation of Climate Change, eds. R.T. Watson, R.C. Zinyowera, R.H. Moss and D.J. Dokken, Cambridge University Press), Cambridge, pp. 561-84. McMichael, A.J., Campbell-Lendum, D.H., Corvalan, C.F., Ebi, K.L., Githeko, A., Scheraga, J.D. and Woodward, A. (2003) Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses, World Health Organization, Geneva. McMichael, A.J. and Githeko, A. (2001) ‘Human Health’, in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, ed. J.J. McCarthy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 451-85. Nagel, T. (1979) Mortal Questions, Oxford University Press, New York. Nozick, R. (1974) Anarchy, State and Utopia, Basic Books, New York. Nurse, L.A. and Sem, G. (2001) ‘Small Island States’, in Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, ed. J.J. McCarthy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 843-75. Nussbaum, M. (2006) Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. O’Neill, O. (2000) Bounds of Justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Orr, S.W. (2005) ‘Sufficiency of Resources and Political Morality’, Paper delivered to the Priority in Practice seminar, 22 September 2005, University College London. Parfit, D. (1995) ‘Lindley Lecture: Equality or Priority?’, University of Kansas, Kansas City, pp. 1-43. Pogge, T. (2005) ‘A cosmopolitan perspective on the global economic order’, in The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitianism, eds. G. Brock and H. Brighouse, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 92-109. Raz, J. (1986) The Morality of Freedom, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Schellnhuber, H.J., Cramer, W., Nakicenovic, N., Wigley, T. and Yohe, G. (eds) (2006) Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Sen, A. (2004) ‘Why we Should Preserve the Spotted Owl’, London Review of Books, vol. 26, no.3, pp. 1-5. Sen, A. and Williams, B. (1982) ‘Introduction: Utilitarianism and Beyond’, in Utilitarianism and Beyond, eds. A. Sen and B. Williams, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 1-21. Singer, F. (2000) Hot Talk Cold Science. Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate, The Independent Institute, Oakland. Temkin, L.S. (2003) ‘Equality, Priority or What?’, Economics and Philosophy, vol.19, pp. 61-87. United Nations (2005) Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Geneva. Wiggins, D. (1987) Needs, Values, Truth, Blackwell, Oxford. Williamson, T. (1994) Vagueness, Routledge, London. World Bank (2001) World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment, and Security, World Bank, New York. World Bank, (2005) World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, New York, World Bank. World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/938

Request changes to a record

Actions (login required)

View Item