{"product_id":"climate-change-and-future-justice-precaution-compensation-and-triage-9780415461252","title":"Climate Change and Future Justice: Precaution, Compensation and Triage","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catriona McKinnon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Theory - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate change creates unprecedented problems of intergenerational justice. What do members of the current generation owe to future generations in virtue of the contribution they are making to climate change? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding important new insights within the theoretical framework of political liberalism, \u003cem\u003eClimate Change and Future Justice\u003c\/em\u003e presents arguments in three key areas: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMitigation\u003c\/strong\u003e: the current generation ought to adopt a strong precautionary principle in formulating climate change policy in order to minimise the risks of serious harm from climate change imposed on future generations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAdaptation\u003c\/strong\u003e: the current generation ought to create a fund to which members of future generations may apply for compensation if the risks of climate change harm imposed on them by the current generation ripen into harms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTriage\u003c\/strong\u003e: future generations ought to keep alive hope for a return to the framework of justice for the social cooperation of future people less burdened by climate change harms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work presents agenda-setting applications of important principles of democratic equality to the most serious set of political challenges ever faced by human society. It should be required reading for political theorists and environmental philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45235903004823,"sku":"9780415461252","price":4666.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415461252.webp?v=1769211311","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/climate-change-and-future-justice-precaution-compensation-and-triage-9780415461252","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}