03173nam a22005175i 4500 978-3-031-52143-0 DE-He213 20251030111425.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240213s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031521430 978-3-031-52143-0 10.1007/978-3-031-52143-0 doi B790-5802 HPC bicssc PHI031000 bisacsh QDH thema Peterson, Michael. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 70969 Derrida and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics [electronic resource] : The Half-Lives of Responsibility / by Michael Peterson. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XII, 175 p. 2 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction -- 2. Acting Before Future Generations -- 3. Nuclear Waste and the Site of Intergenerational Responsibility -- 4. Derrida: Iterability and Biodegradability -- 5. Turning Towards Irradiated Futures -- 6. Conclusion. This book argues for the necessity of a re-evaluation of our thinking about responsibly relating to future generations in the context of environmental philosophy. Using long-term nuclear waste disposal as its paradigmatic case, this book makes the case that the predominant mode of thinking the future in terms of continuity and repetition of the present requires a critique informed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in order to think responsibility adequately. The book begins by surveying contemporary accounts of intergenerational responsibility before outlining the specifics of nuclear waste disposal policy. With these stakes established, the contributions of Jacques Derrida to future-oriented ethics are introduced. These include discussions of communication across contexts, the relationship between inheritance and responsibility, and the political imperatives that result from this critique. This book concludes by arguing for an intergenerational environmental policy that rejectspolicy and infrastructural projects that depend on the present reproducing itself indefinitely. Continental Philosophy. 66476 Ethics. 58934 Applied ethics. 61779 Continental Philosophy. 66476 Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 66410 Energy Ethics. 70970 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031521423 Printed edition: 9783031521447 Printed edition: 9783031521454 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52143-0 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 57611 57611