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Human rights and climate risks for future generations: How moral obligations and the non-discrimination principle can be applied
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Abstract From an ethical point of view, preventing the development of conditions that threaten the existence of future generations is a necessity; but to what extent can this argument be made using the language of human rights? I contend in this article that this language can provide us with arguments for ex... mehr
From an ethical point of view, preventing the development of conditions that threaten the existence of future generations is a necessity; but to what extent can this argument be made using the language of human rights? I contend in this article that this language can provide us with arguments for extending greater consideration to the risks we may be imposing on future generations and the need for institutional representation of these generations' interests. The application of a human rights perspective to issues of future concern enables us to formulate obligations to upcoming generations on the part of current ones. Further, I consider how the point in time in which a person is born represents a (morally wrong) ground for discrimination.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Menschenrechte; Diskriminierung; Generationenverhältnis; Klimawandel; Prävention; Verantwortung
Klassifikation
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Politikwissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
climate risks; future generations; precautionary principle
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 41-50
Zeitschriftentitel
Intergenerational Justice Review, 8 (2022) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.8.2.1229
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)