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Barry, B. (1977) ‘Justice Between Generations’, in P.
Hacker and J.
Raz (eds) Law, Morality, and Society, Oxford: Clarendon Press. (Deals with the problems of applying traditional theories of justice in the intergenerational sphere.) |
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Bayles, M. (1980) Morality and Population Policy, Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. (A comprehensive discussion of the ethics of population policies and their implementation.) |
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Dasgupta, P. (1987) ‘The Ethical Foundation of Population Policies’, in D. Gale Johnson and R.D. Lee (eds) Population Growth and Economic Development, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. (A sophisticated analysis by an economist of the issue of optimum population size.) |
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Hardin, G. (1968) ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’, Science 162 (December): 1243–8. (A classic presentation of the problem of coordination in population policies.) |
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Hartmann, B. (1987) Reproductive Rights and Wrongs: The Global Politics of Population Control and Contraceptive Choice, New York: Harper & Row. (A feminist point of view of the subject.) |
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Heyd, D. (1992) Genethics: Moral Issues in the Creation of People, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (A radically person-affecting view; see in particular chapter 5.) |
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Narveson, J. (1967) ‘Utilitarianism and New Generations’, Mind 76 (1): 62–72. (The first modern discussion of the problems of applying utilitarian principles to population issues.) |
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Parfit, D. (1984) Reasons and Persons, Oxford: Clarendon Press, part IV. (Extensive discussion of the paradoxes of population; includes a critique of the person-affecting view.) |
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Rawls, J. (1971) A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, §§44–5. (The application of the theory of justice to future generations, particularly in the issue of savings.) |
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Sikora, R.I. and Barry, B. (1979) Obligations to Future Generations, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. (The best collection of essays on the subject.) |
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Singer, P. (1976) ‘A Utilitarian Population Principle’, in M.
Bayles (ed.) Ethics and Population, Cambridge, MA: Schenkman. (A sophisticated person-affecting view.) |