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49What Makes Age Discrimination Special? A Philosophical Look at the ECJ Case LawNetherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy 43 (1): 59-80. 2014.
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The democratic firm L'entreprise démocratiqueRevue de Philosophie Économique 9 (1): 3-9. 2008.The idea of workplace democracy is not on the political agenda. And yet, democratic firms exist in various forms in today's economy. The idea and the practice is not only economically and philosophically challenging. The worries to which it responds are not bew either. This is well illustrated by John Stuart Mill's conjecture of the end of the wage-earner system, dating back to more than one century ago.
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8A Justiça Intergeracional e a Metáfora do Refúgio de MontanhaPhilosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (38): 121-141. 2011.In this paper, we explore the extent to which mountain huts and rules imposed on their users can provide metaphoric inspiration to the exploration of issues of an intergenerational justice. We indicate features made salient by the metaphor. We focus in particular on the content of an intergenerational golden rule and on cleronomic justice. We also explain why the absence of a warden matters. Other absent features make salient other dimensions that are central to intergenerational justice. Specia…Read more
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11Ageing Without Ageism: Conceptual Puzzles and Policy Proposals (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2023.Ageing without Ageism? contributes to the essential and timely discussion of age, ageism, population ageing, and public policy. It demonstrates the breadth of the challenges posed by these issues by covering a wide range of policy areas: from health care to old-age support, from democratic participation to education, and from family to fiscal policy. With contributions from 21 authors the discussion bridges the gap between academia and public life by putting in dialogue fresh philosophical analy…Read more
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34BOOK REVIEW: Melinda A. Roberts. CHILD VERSUS CHILDMAKER: FUTURE PERSONS AND PRESENT DUTIES IN ETHICS AND THE LAW. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998 (review)Ethics and the Environment 6 (2): 114-118. 2001.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Ethics & the Enviornment 6.2 (2001) 114-118 [Access article in PDF] Book Review Child versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law Child versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law. Melinda A. Roberts. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. Pp. 235. ISBN 0-8476-8901-8 (Paperback) This book will provide the reader with a systematic examination of some of the most difficult…Read more
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21BOOK REVIEW: Melinda A. Roberts. CHILD VERSUS CHILDMAKER: FUTURE PERSONS AND PRESENT DUTIES IN ETHICS AND THE LAW. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998 (review)Ethics and the Environment 6 (2): 114-118. 2001.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Ethics & the Enviornment 6.2 (2001) 114-118 [Access article in PDF] Book Review Child versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law Child versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law. Melinda A. Roberts. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. Pp. 235. ISBN 0-8476-8901-8 (Paperback) This book will provide the reader with a systematic examination of some of the most difficult…Read more
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14Book ReviewsAnne L Alstott,. No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents.New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 254. $27.50 (review)Ethics 116 (4): 769-773. 2006.
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39Book ReviewsMichael Otsuka,. Libertarianism without Inequality.New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. 168. $39.95 (review)Ethics 115 (1): 158-160. 2004.
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42Book ReviewsWilfred, Beckerman, and Joanna Pasek,. Justice, Posterity and the Environment.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. 217. $24.95 (review)Ethics 113 (2): 391-393. 2003.
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46Are inequalities between us and the dead intergenerationally unjust?Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 22 (3): 284-300. 2019.
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28Intergenerational JusticeOxford University Press. 2009.Is it fair to leave the next generation a public debt? Is it defensible to impose legal rules on them through constitutional constraints? From combating climate change to ensuring proper funding for future pensions, concerns about ethics between generations are everywhere. In this volume sixteen philosophers explore intergenerational justice. Part One examines the ways in which various theories of justice look at the matter. These include libertarian, Rawlsian, sufficientarian, contractarian, co…Read more
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318Equality and Non-discrimination in Hiring - IntroductionJournal of Moral Philosophy 9 (1): 3-7. 2012.In this introduction, the author briefly presents the way in which Clayton, Segall and Lippert-Rasmussen deal with what egalitarianism has to say about non-discrimination in hiring. Parallels and differences between their approaches are stressed
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Arguing about Justice: Essays for Phillippe Van Parijs (edited book)Presses Universitaires de Louvain. 2011.
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33Three Models of Intergenerational ReciprocityIn Axel Gosseries & Lukas H. Meyer (eds.), Intergenerational Justice, Oxford University Press. 2009.This chapter explores the specificities, strengths, and weaknesses of the idea of reciprocity as a basis for intergenerational obligations. Three models are presented: descending, ascending, and double reciprocity. Each of these three models is tested against three objections. The first objection asks why having received something from someone would necessarily entail the obligation to give back. The second objection questions the ability of each model to justify the direction of reciprocation. …Read more
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39How (Un)fair is Intellectual Property?In Gosseries Axel, Marciano A. & Strowel A. (eds.), Intellectual Property and Theories of Justice, Basingstoke & N.y.: Palgrave Mcmillan. 2008.
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26Émissions historiques et free-ridingArchives de Philosophie du Droit 47 301-331. 2003.Doit-on attendre des membres actuels d'une communauté qu'ils compensent les victimes des émissions de gaz à effet de serre causées par leurs ancêtres? Nous défendons l'idée que les générations précédentes de pollueurs peuvent très bien ne pas être mo-ralement responsables des dommages qu'elles ont causés. Et nous acceptons aussi la position selon laquelle les descendants d'une génération de pollueurs ne sauraient être tenus pour res-ponsables des dommages engendrés par leurs ancêtres. Il n'en su…Read more
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IntroductionEthical Perspectives 18 (3): 309-311. 2011.Competition – more specifically economic competition – is relevant to ethical reflection in different ways. Some of its features exacerbate the intensity of moral problems we may otherwise come across in a context of scarcity. For instance, when competition is especially tough – think about winner-takes-all cases – one agent is likely to lose significantly if he or she acts ethically, to the benefit of others who act in ways that seem ethically questionable. Whenever ‘ethics does not pay’ and co…Read more
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135Cosmopolitan Luck Egalitarianism and the Greenhouse EffectCanadian Journal of Philosophy 35 (sup1): 279-309. 2005.Evidence provided by the scientific community strongly suggests that limits should be placed on greenhouse gas emissions. This means that states, firms, and individuals will have to face potentially serious burdens if they are to implement these limits. Which principles of justice should guide a global regime aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions originating from human activities, and most notably from CO2emissions? This is both a crucial and difficult question. Admittedly, perhaps this que…Read more
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1525Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health CoverageWorld Health Organisation. 2014.This report by the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage addresses how countries can make fair progress towards the goal of universal coverage. It explains the relevant tradeoffs between different desirable ends and offers guidance on how to make these tradeoffs.
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56Should They Honor the Promises of Their Parents' Leaders?Ethics and International Affairs 21 (s1): 99-125. 2007.Should the foreign debt of the world’s poorest countries be cancelled? In this essay, I am concerned with whether a generational perspective makes a difference in answering this question. I will show that it does, and that alternative accounts of repayment obligations are possible. I argue that a distributive theory of justice is not only appropriate to address the challenges to justice raised by long-term sovereign indebtedness, but that it is also superior to the solution offered by the odious…Read more
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59Introduction - Intergenerational Justice and Its ChallengesIn Axel Gosseries & Lukas Meyer (eds.), Intergenerational Justice, Oxford University Press. 2009.This Introduction tells the story of intergerational justice and how it has influenced philosophers and political thinkers throughout history. The Introduction goes on to discuss the aims of the book, which is to offer a sustained discussion of intergenerational justice as seen by practical philosophers. The first part of the book focuses on the way in which various schools of thought in moral and political philosophy approach the domain of intergenerational justice, while the second part focuse…Read more
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68Left-libertarianism and left-hobbesianismRevista Portuguesa de Filosofia 65 (1/4): 197-215. 2009.This paper provides a comparative analysis of the way in which, as well as the extent to which, two key variables potentially allow for the development of more left-wing versions of libertarianism and hobbesianism. It turns out that hobbesianism, while disposing of ways to extend the scope of what should be seen as the “cooperative surplus”, is in trouble when it comes to justifying “equal division” as a general rule to divide up such a surplus. In contrast, libertarianism can meaningfully rely …Read more
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1Generations and Global JusticeIn David Held & Pietro Maffettone (eds.), Global Political Theory, Polity. 2016.
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