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On environmental justice, Part II: non-absolute equal division of rights to the natural world

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This article considers whether any interpretation of the idea of equal claims to the natural world can resolve the Canyon Dilemma (i.e. can justify protecting the Grand Canyon but not a small canyon from mining by a poor generation). It first considers and ultimately rejects the idea of subjecting natural resource rights to an intergenerational equal division. It then demonstrates that a pluralist theory of environmental justice committed to both respect for the separateness of persons and to the collective good can justify a type of intergenerational non-absolute equal division of natural resource rights that can navigate the Canyon Dilemma.

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  • Mazor, Joseph, 2023. "On environmental justice, Part II: non-absolute equal division of rights to the natural world," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(2), pages 256-284, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ecnphi:v:39:y:2023:i:2:p:256-284_4
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