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Book SynopsisIn Justice Back and Forth, award-winning author Richard Vernon explores the possibility of justice in cases where time makes reciprocity impossible. This temporal justice is examined in ten controversial cases
Trade Review"Justice Back and Forth: Duties to the Past and Future provides an excellent overview of issues faced when thinking about temporal justice. By addressing interesting and somewhat well-known problems, Richard Vernon exposes the reader to the current academic theory and literature on the topic, and adeptly links together considerations and solutions for both past and future conceptions of temporal justice." -- Brad Smith * Saskatchewan Law Review *
"Embracing several philosophical sub-disciplines—political philosophy, ethics, and applied ethics – this book is an excellent exploration of the complexities of philosophical topics that are not often thought of together." -- Christine Overall, Queen's University * Journal of Moral Philosophy, vol 16 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Looking Back 1. Should We Worry About Presentism? 2. The Question of [Anyone's] Guilt: Collective Liability to Punishment 3. For Benefits Received 4. Giving Back: The Case of Stolen Art 5. Bad Memories Part II: Going Forth 6. The Prior Question: Assessing the Benatar Thesis 7. Coming to Terms with Yoder 8. Only Egalitarians May Have Children 9. If the Future is a Foreign Country... 10. The Rights of Past and Future Persons Conclusion
