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Extensive and Isolated Benefits in Climate Change Scenarios: Beyond Monistic Principles
Author(s) -
Pellegrino Gianfranco
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12114
Subject(s) - egalitarianism , monism , simple (philosophy) , positive economics , economics , economic justice , climate change , epistemology , law and economics , neoclassical economics , political science , ecology , biology , philosophy , law , politics
I am not suggesting that the fate of the current least well‐offs should be sacrificed for the sake of the well‐being of future persons. I am rather pointing out that no simple principle like leximin egalitarianism—where only one relevant factor, such as worse‐offedness, is taken into account—can be a plausible standard of intergenerational justice.
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