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ABSTRACTMary Midgley asserts that my argument concerning the problem of child‐abuse was inappropriately framed in the language of rights, and neglected certain pertinent natural facts. I defend the view that the use of rights‐talk was both apposite and did not misrepresent the moral problem in question. I assess the status and character of the natural facts Midgley adduces in criticism of my case, concluding that they do not obviously establish the conclusions she believes they do. Finally I briefly respond to the charge that my suggestions were illibe

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1992.tb00300.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

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ABSTRACTIt is widely recognised that we hold certain moral obligations to future generations. Robert Elliot argues that we can base these obligations on the rights of future people. I accept his argument that future people are moral agents who possess rights. However, I argue that the main question for political and moral philosophers is whether it is possible to find the balance between the obligations to, and the rights of, contemporaries, and the obligations to, and the rights of, future people.By analysing the notions of ‘human rights’and ‘welfare rights’of future people, I argue that this question can be tackled only in terms of welfare rights. But the latter make sense only in the context of community of provision. This implies that we must first examine the ‘trans‐generational’community that includes contemporaries and future generations. Thus a theory of justice between generations cannot be purely ‘rights‐based’. However, by describing the ‘trans‐generational community’I argue that it can serve as the moral grounds for our obligati

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1992.tb00301.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1992.tb00302.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Book Reviews in this Articles:The Realm of Rights Judith Jarvis ThomsonTerrorism, Protest and Power, MARTIN WARNER and ROGER CRISPThe Faces of Injustice, JUDITH N. SHKLARGender Trouble, JUDITH BUTLERThe Philosophy of Mathematics Education, PAUL ERNJSTInterpreting Statutes: a comparative study, D. N. MACCORMICK and R. S. SUMMERS.

ISSN:0264-3758    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1992.tb00303.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY