Future Generations
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In 1972, the landmark Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment laid out an ambitious set of principles to effect preservation and protection of the environment. One of the primary ethical principles espoused in the declaration was an obligation to protect and preserve the planet for the enjoyment of future generations. More recently, the Bemidji statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship has proposed that we look well into the future in considering the consequences of our present actions. As the environmental movement has come of age since the 1970s, this idea of our ethical obligation to future generations has occupied a central place in the moral foundation for environmental protection. This article explores key philosophical disagreements that have arisen over thinking about obligations ...
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- Agenda 21
- Bhopal
- Brundtland Commission
- Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Club of Rome
- Copenhagen Summit
- Corporate Responsibility
- Department of Energy, U.S.
- Endangered Species Act
- Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations
- Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.
- Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.
- Forest Service, U.S.
- Institutions
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Kyoto Protocol
- Land Ethic
- Marine Mammal Protection Act
- Montreal Protocol
- NIMBY
- North American Free Trade Agreement Organizations
- Sagebrush Rebellion
- Stockholm Convention
- Transnational Advocacy Organizations
- Wise Use Movement
- World Trade Organization
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