Partha Dasgupta

Time and the Generations (eBook, ePUB)

Population Ethics for a Diminishing Planet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How should we evaluate the ethics of procreation, especially the environmental consequences of reproductive decisions on future generations, in a resource-constrained world? While demographers, moral philosophers, and environmental scientists have separately discussed the implications of population size for sustainability, no one has attempted to synthesize the concerns and values of these approaches. The culmination of a half century of engagement with population ethics, Partha Dasgupta's masterful Time and the Generations blends economics, philosophy, and ecology to offer an original lens on the difficult topic of optimum global population.

After offering careful attention to global inequality and the imbalance of power between men and women, Dasgupta provides tentative answers to two fundamental questions: What level of economic activity can our planet support over the long run, and what does the answer say about optimum population numbers? He develops a population ethics that can be used to evaluate our choices and guide our sense of a sustainable global population and living standards. Structured around a central essay from Dasgupta, the book also features a foreword from Robert Solow; correspondence with Kenneth Arrow; incisive commentaries from Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Maskin, and Scott Barrett; an extended response by the author to them; and a joint paper with Aisha Dasgupta on inequalities in reproductive decisions and the idea of reproductive rights. Taken together, Time and the Generations represents a fascinating dialogue between world-renowned economists on a central issue of our time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231550031
• Artikelnr.: 56795420

Autorenporträt

Professor Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and is currently President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. His books include Economics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2017), Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment (OUP, 2004) and An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution(OUP, 1993).

Inhaltsangabe

In Memoriam: Kenneth Joseph Arrow (1921
2017) Foreword, by Robert M. Solow Preface Random Thoughts on
Birth and Death,
by Kenneth J. Arrow Birth and Death: Arrow Lecture 1. Economic Demography 2. Utilitarian Ethics 3. Ends and Means 4. Synopsis Part I: Foundations 5. Genesis Under Total Utilitarianism 6. Death 7. A Problem Like Sleeping Beauty 8. Generation-Centered Prerogatives in the Timeless World 9. Generations Across the Indefinite Future Part II: Applications 10. The Biosphere as a Renewable Natural Resource 11. Estimates of Globally Optimum Population 12. Technology and Institutions 13. Existential Risks and Informed Ends Appendix 1: Socially-Embedded Well-Being Functions Appendix 2: Common Property Resources and Reproductive Choices Appendix 3: Notes on Rawls
Principle of Just Saving Appendix 4: Modeling the Biosphere Appendix 5: Inclusive Wealth and Social Well-Being Appendix 6: Valuing Freedom of Choice References Commentary on Birth and Death, by Scott Barrett Commentary on Birth and Death, by Eric Maskin Commentary on Birth and Death, by Joseph Stiglitz Response to Commentaries Epilogue Socially Embedded Preferences, Environmental Externalities, and Reproductive Rights, with Aisha DasguptäReprinted from Population and Development Review (September 2017) Contributors Author Index Subject Index