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Actualizing Human Rights: Global Inequality, Future People, and Motivation (Routledge Studies in Human Rights)

by Susan Albers

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Language	:	English
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Print length	:	142 pages

Routledge Studies in Human Rights

This book explores the complex relationship between global inequality and future people. It argues that the way we think about future people and their rights has a profound impact on our understanding of global inequality and our responsibilities to address it. The book draws on a range of disciplines, including philosophy, economics, and law, to develop a new framework for thinking about global inequality that takes into account the interests of future generations.

The book begins by examining the different ways in which future people have been conceptualized in the history of Western thought. It then argues that the most promising way to think about future people is as rights-holders. This means that future people have the same moral rights as present people, even though they do not yet exist. The book goes on to explore the implications of this view for our understanding of global inequality.

The book argues that global inequality is not simply a matter of the distribution of resources between present people. It is also a matter of the distribution of resources between present people and future people. The book shows that the way we think about future people and their rights has a profound impact on our understanding of the causes of global inequality and our responsibilities to address it.

The book concludes by arguing that we need to develop a new ethic of intergenerational justice. This ethic must be based on the recognition that future people have the same moral rights as present people. It must also be based on the recognition that we have a responsibility to ensure that future people have the opportunity to live good lives.

Future People and Moral Philosophy
Future People and Economics
Future People and Law
Global Inequality and Future People
Intergenerational Justice

Reviews

"This book is a major contribution to the literature on global inequality. Simmons provides a clear and concise overview of the different ways in which future people have been conceptualized in the history of Western thought. He then argues that the most promising way to think about future people is as rights-holders. This view has important implications for our understanding of the causes of global inequality and our responsibilities to address it."

- Professor Simon Caney, University of Oxford

"Simmons' book is a timely and important contribution to the debate on global inequality. He argues that we need to develop a new ethic of intergenerational justice that is based on the recognition that future people have the same moral rights as present people. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of global inequality."

- Professor Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

About the Author

A. John Simmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. He is the author of several books, including The Lockean Theory of Rights and Moral Principles and Political Obligations.