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Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense (2011)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2011). Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense. Political Studies, 59(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00877.x

Is drastic action against global warming essential to avoid impoverishing our descendants? Or does it mean robbing the poor to give to the rich? Alas, we don’t yet know. Yet most of us can agree on the importance of minimizing expected deprivation. B... Read More about Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense.

Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation (2011)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2011). Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation. Journal of Political Philosophy, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2010.00378.x

In this article I advance a solution to the non-identity problem based on distributive justice. Drawing on a seminal article by Gregory Kavka, I argue that in our everyday decisions about creating people, we widely recognize three principles. First,... Read More about Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation.