Care, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics

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.

Autorentext
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).

Inhalt
Preface Acknowledgements PART I 1. Introduction: Responsibility and Reflexive Uncertainty 2. The Limits of Intergenerational Justice 3. The Limits of Precaution 4. Administrative Imaginaries and Intergenerational Ethics PART II 5. Care and Uncertain Futures 6. Normative Implications of Care 7. Towards a Political Morality of Uncertainty 8. Horizons of Care