TY  - JOUR
A1  - Karnein, Anja
T1  - Climate change and Justice between nonoverlapping generations
T2  - Global justice : theory, practice, rhetoric
N2  - t is becoming less and less controversial that we ought to aggressively combat climate change. One main reason for doing so is concern for future generations, as it is they who will be the most seriously affected by it. Surprisingly, none of the more prominent deontological theories of intergenerational justice can explain why it is wrong for the present generation to do very little to stop worsening the problem. This paper discusses three such theories, namely indirect reciprocity, common ownership of the earth and human rights. It shows that while indirect reciprocity and common ownership are both too undemanding, the human rights approach misunderstands the nature of our intergenerational relationships, thereby capturing either too much or too little about what is problematic about climate change. The paper finally proposes a way to think about intergenerational justice that avoids the pitfalls of the traditional theories and can explain what is wrong with perpetuating climate change.
KW  - climate change
KW  - intergenerational justice
KW  - future generations
KW  - indirect reciprocity
KW  - common ownership
KW  - human rights
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40546
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-405466
UR  - http://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn/article/view/87
SN  - 1835-6842
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SP  - 43
EP  - 65
PB  - The Global Justice Network
ER  -