Care, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics

C. Groves

ISBN 10: 0230358845 / ISBN 13: 9780230358843

Published by Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Our capacity to reshape the future has never been more powerful. Yet our ability to foresee the consequences of what we do has not kept pace. Is the idea that we have responsibilities to future generations therefore meaningful This book argues that it is, with the aid of a unique reading of the care ethics tradition. 251 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Care, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics
• Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230358845
• ISBN 13: 9780230358843
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Our capacity to reshape the future has never been more powerful. Yet our ability to foresee the consequences of what we do has not kept pace. Is the idea that we have responsibilities to future generations therefore meaningful? This book argues that it is, with the aid of a unique reading of the care ethics tradition.

About the Author

Christopher Groves' work focuses on how people and institutions negotiate and deal with an intrinsically uncertain future. He has published widely on intergenerational ethics, the regulation of emerging technologies, and the sociology and politics of risk and uncertainty. He is co-author with Barbara Adam of Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics (2007).