Adam Plachciak “Environmental Justice in the Light of Political Philosophy – Chosen Aspects”, Journal of International Studies, Vol. 4, No 1, 2011, pp. 134-139.

Environmental Justice in the Light of Political Philosophy – Chosen Aspects

Adam Plachciak

Wroclaw University of Economics

Abstract. In contemporary liberal political literature there are a lot of researches whose authors devote their attention to social and economic justice but it seems they have not paid any special attention to the environmental dimension since now. In this paper I am trying: (1) to answer the question what kind of attribution the idea of social justice has for natural resources; (2) to point out that justice of future generation plays an indispensable role for the concept of environmental justice.

Submitted: July, 2011

1^st revision: August, 2011

Accepted: September, 2011

Keywords: sustainable development, environmental justice, future generations, political philosophy.

JEL classification:  Q01, Q5, A13.