
Tim Campbell, Sara Conly, Ben Davies, Nir Eyal, Axel Gosseries, Paul Bou Habib, Daniel Hausman, Iwao Hirose, Nils Holtug, Gerald Lang, Benjamin Lange, Kaser Lippert Rasmussen, Ofer Malcai, Jeff Mcmahan, Andreas Mogensen, Julia Mosqurea, Theo Naylor, Serena Olsaretti, Daniel Schwartz, Larry Temkin, Alex Voorhoeve, David Weinstein, And Not Least Andrew Williams. I Am Very Grateful To Natan Milikovsky And Eilam Lavie For All Their Hard Work And Insightful Comments As My Research Assistant On This. Finally, I Was Fortunate To Be Hosted By The Institute Of Futures Studies In Stockholm, And Am Grateful To Its Staff And Director, Gustaf Arrhenius, For Their Wonderful Hospitality During My Ongoing Fellowship There. Some Of The Chapters Constitute Restatements Of Previously Published Material (that Have Had The Benefit Of Critical Attention), And I Would Like To Thank The Editors And Publishers In Question For Allowing Me To Draw On That Work. In Particular I Draw On The Following: 'to Be (disadvantaged) Or Not To Be: An Egalitarian Guide For Creating New People', Politics, Philosophy, & Economics, 23 (2024), 154-180; 'equality Or Priority About Competing Claims?-- Provided By Publisher.
This work investigates the conceptual foundations of egalitarianism and the moral implications of distributive justice in the context of future generations. Shlomi Segall, a scholar in political philosophy, synthesizes contemporary debates regarding equality, priority, and the ethics of creating new people. By engaging with a wide array of academic contributors and existing literature, the author constructs a framework for evaluating how current policy decisions impact the distribution of resources and welfare for those who do not yet exist.
What You Will Find
Experts in political philosophy recognize this text as a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse on egalitarian theory and intergenerational ethics. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for scholars and students familiar with the complexities of distributive justice.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2025-10-10
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198928939
ISBN-13:
9780198928935
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