Environmental Ethics And Intergenerational Justice – prof. Federica Liveriero
Social Sciences for Global Challenges – sede di Pavia · Università degli Studi di Pavia · 2º anno · 1º semestre · 6 CFU · canale unico
Testi d'esame di Environmental Ethics And Intergenerational Justice del prof. Federica Liveriero, canale unico, corso di laurea in Social Sciences for Global Challenges – sede di Pavia (Laurea triennale (L-16)), Università degli Studi di Pavia, 2º anno · 1º semestre · 6 CFU, a.a. 2026/2027. Libri adottati: Jamieson – The environment as an ethical question; Gardiner – A Perfect Moral Storm; Caney – Climate Change, Human Rights, and Moral Thresholds; Sinnott-Armstrong – It’s Not My Global Warming and Individual…; Dobson – Representative Democracy and the Environment; Meijers – Justice Between Generations; Rawls – The Problem of Justice between Generations; English – Justice Between Generations; Gonzales-Ricoy – Enfranchising the future; Garner – Animals and democratic theory; Philippe – The Disfranchisement of the Elderly, and Other…; Robeyns – What, if Anything, is Wrong with Extreme…; Meyers – Limitarianism and Future Generations; Young – Overconsumption and Procreation; Lenman – On Becoming Extinct, in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.
Introduction – The environment as an ethical questionVai su Amazon ›Da studiare: Pp. 1-25; Pp. 76-101; Pp. 397-413. - S. Caney, “Climate Change, Human Rights, and Moral Thresholds”, in Climate Ethics, Gardiner, Caney, Jamieson, Shue (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 163-177. - W. Sinnott-Armstrong, “It’s Not My Global Warming and Individual Moral Obligation”, in Perspectives on Climate Change: Science, Economics, Politics, Ethics, 2015, pp. 285-307. - A. Dobson, “Representative Democracy and the Environment”, in Lafferty W. and Meadowcroft J. (eds.), Democracy and the Environment (Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998), pp. 124–139. Intergenerational Justice Readings: - T. Meijers, “Justice Between Generations”, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2018, pp. 1-37. - J. Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Harvard University Press, 1971, Chapter 44 “The Problem of Justice between Generations”, pp. 251-258. - J. English, “Justice Between Generations”, Philosophical Studies, 31 (2), 1979, pp. 91-104. - I. Gonzales-Ricoy, F. Rey, “Enfranchising the future: Climate justice and the representation of future generations”, Wires Climate Change, 2019, pp. 1-12. Readings for Seminars Seminar 1: Fighting for the Environment: Which Role for Democracy? - R. Garner, “Animals and democratic theory: Beyond an anthropocentric account”, Contemporary Political Theory, 16, 2017, pp. 459–477. Seminar 2: Treating Young and Old as Equals - Van Parijs Philippe, “The Disfranchisement of the Elderly, and Other Attempts to Secure Intergenerational Justice”, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1998, 27 (4), pp. 292-333. Seminar 3: Is There Anything Wrong with Extreme Wealth? - I. Robeyns, “What, if Anything, is Wrong with Extreme Wealth?”, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20: 3, 2019, pp. 251-266. Seminar 4: Limitating Wealth and Future Generations - T. Meyers, “Limitarianism and Future Generations”, in I. Robeyns (ed.), Having Too Much: Philosophical Essays on Limitarianism, Open Book Publisher, 2023, pp. 361-390. Seminar 5: Overconsumption and Procreation: Are They Morally Equivalent? - T. Young, “Overconsumption and Procreation: Are They Morally Equivalent?”, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 18: 2, 2001, pp. 183–92. Seminar 6: Is There a Good Reason to Prevent Human Extinction? - J. Lenman, “On Becoming Extinct, in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 83, 2001, pp. 253-269Verificato sulla scheda ufficiale il 02/10/2026
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Argomenti del programma: Increasingly, communities, cities and economies face the need to not only mitigate, but also adapt to climate change. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change are complex and multifarious efforts, involving profound transformations in critical infrastructure systems, social behaviors and values and governance systems, constituting one of the most pressing global challenges to humankind.