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Supererogation.

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What do we owe to our descendants? How do we balance their needs against our own? Tim Mulgan develops a new theory of our obligations to future generations, based on a new rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. He also brings together several different contemporary philosophical discussions, including the demands of morality and international justice. His aim is to produce a coherent, intuitively plausible moral theory that is not unreasonably demanding, even when extended to cover future people. While the book focuses on developing this new account, there are also substantial discussions of alternative views, especially contract-based accounts of intergenerational justice and competing forms of consequentialism.

Social ethics --- Duty --- Consequentialism (Ethics) --- Duty. --- Consequentialism (Ethics). --- Deontology --- Obligation --- Responsibility --- Supererogation --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Utilitarianism

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Violence --- Responsibility --- Responsabilité --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Accountability --- Moral responsibility --- Obligation --- Ethics --- Supererogation --- Responsibility. --- Violence. --- Responsabilité

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The essays in this volume address questions about responsibility that arise in moral philosophy and legal theory. Some analyse different theories of causality, asking which theory offers the best account of human agency and the most satisfactory resolution of troubling controversies about free will and determinism. Some essays look at responsibility in the legal realm, seeking to determine how the law should assign liability for negligence, or whether the courts should allow defendants to offer excuses for their wrongdoing or to claim some form of 'diminished responsibility'. Other essays explore libertarian views about political freedom and accountability, asking whether libertarian positions on consent, contract law, and responsibility are consistent, or whether restitution is superior to retribution or deterrence as a basis for a theory of corrective justice. Still others examine the notion of partial or divided responsibility, or the relationship between responsibility and the emotions.

Responsibility. --- Responsabilité --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy --- Accountability --- Moral responsibility --- Obligation --- Ethics --- Supererogation

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Social justice --- Responsibility --- Equality --- Justice --- Accountability --- Moral responsibility --- Obligation --- Ethics --- Supererogation --- Responsibility. --- Social justice.