Why Worry About Future Generations? - 9780198854869

Why should we care what happens to future generations? Samuel Scheffler argues that we are more invested in the fate of our descendants than we may realize. Implicit in our own attachments are powerful reasons for wanting the chain of human generations to persist into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing.

• | : Samuel Scheffler (University Professor of Philosophy and Law, University Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 30, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0198854862
• | ISBN-13: 9780198854869