Future People

by Tim Mulgan

Overview

What do we owe to our descendants? How do we balance their needs against our own? Tim Mulgan develops a new theory of our obligations to future generations, based on a new rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. He also brings together several different contemporary philosophical discussions, including the demands of morality and international justice. His aim is to produce a coherent, intuitively plausible moral theory that is not unreasonably demanding, even when extended to cover future people. While the book focuses on developing this new account, there are also substantial discussions of alternative views, especially contract-based accounts of intergenerational justice and competing forms of consequentialism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199282203
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/16/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

University of St Andrews

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. The Contract Theory3. Value Theory4. Hybrid Moral Theories5. Rule Consequentialism6. Reproductive Freedom7. Optimism and Pessimism8. Disagreement and Uncertainty9. International Justice10. The Limits of Rule Consequentialism11. Dividing Morality