Professor Roger Stenson Clark has played a pivotal role in developing International Criminal Law, and the movement against nuclear weapons. He was one of the intellectual and moral fathers of the International Criminal Court. This Festschrift brings together forty-one appreciative friends to honour his remarkable contribution. The distinguished contributors provide incisive contributions ranging from the reform of the Security Council, to rule of law and international justice in Africa, to New Zealand cultural heritage, to customary international law in US courts, and more. Threaded through these richly diverse contributions is one common feature: a belief in values and morality in human conduct, and a passion for transformative use of law, ‘for the sake of present and future generations.’

A philosopher and a scientist propose that sustainability can be understood as living well together without diminishing opportunity to live well in the future. Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably for the sake of future generations, but what does that mean? In this book Randall Curren, a philosopher, and Ellen Metzger, a scientist, clarify normative aspects of sustainability. Combining their perspectives, they propose that sustainability can be understood as the art of living well together without diminishing opportunity to live well in the future. Curren and Metzger lay out the nature and value of sustainability, survey the problems, catalog the obstacles, and identify the kind of efforts needed to overcome them. They formulate an ethic of sustainability with lessons for government, organizations, and individuals, and illustrate key ideas with three case studies. Curren and Metzger put intergenerational justice at the heart of sustainability; discuss the need for fair (as opposed to coercive) terms of cooperation to create norms, institutions, and practices conducive to sustainability; formulate a framework for a fundamental ethic of sustainability derived from core components of common morality; and emphasize the importance of sustainability education. The three illustrative case studies focus on the management of energy, water, and food systems, examining the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Australia's National Water Management System, and patterns of food production in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia.

In this century, one of the biggest challenges we face as a collective human race, is the problem of climate change. Already we have seen the climate changing, with the prognosis being that the effects of climate change will only get worse. In fact, only in a few hundred years, our planet may be completely uninhabitable. However, in discussing how best to reduce the effects of climate change, there seems to be one overarching unanswered question; should we really care about the existence and well-being of future generations in the first place? Should the answer to this be negative, then that means we shouldn't worry too much about the detrimental effects climate change may have on future generations. The reason this comes in to question is because of the non-identity problem; a problem which points to the fact that one cannot regret actions that also caused one to exist. In the following, we will be looking into and be discussing the non-identity problem and possible ways to solve it. The non-identity problem sheds light on a few intuitions we may hold about existence and harm. These intuitions, that I will later formulate as claims, will need to be challenged if we are to stand a chance in solving the non-identity problem. These the main intuitions will make out the majority of the discussion. The first claim to be discussed is that ethics is person-affecting. Secondly, We will look into the claim that we have been benefited by coming into existence. The third and final claim I will discuss is that it is not possible to be harmed by an action without also being worse off by that action and argue that we should hold a person-affecting view in ethics, rather than an impersonal view. Also look closer at and defend the claim that our existence begins at conception, and building on this, argue that our existence is neither a benefit nor a harm to us. Instead I will suggest that we understand it as morally neutral. Also, the favor of the idea that it may be possible to hold that one can be harmed without being worse off. The author will argue that the non-identity problem is in itself not possible to solve. The author also offers two possible solutions. The first it that it is already the fact that we care about the existence of future generations, and for consistency's sake, we should also therefore care about their well-being. The other solution the author offers is that we take the butterfly effect more seriously, understanding that separating which specific action ones existence depended on, is so difficult that it makes the non-identity problem seem less significant.

Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy: how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute benefits and burdens fairly? Thirty-eight leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the key issues in this flourishing area of research.

Winner of the New England Historical Association’s James P. Hanlan Book Award Winner the Association for the Study of Connecticut History’s Homer D. Babbidge Jr. Award “Incomparably vivid . . . as enthralling a portrait of family life [in colonial New England] as we are likely to have.”—Wall Street Journal In the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, A Midwife’s Tale, comes this groundbreaking narrative by one of America’s most promising colonial historians. Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London, Connecticut. As his remarkable diary—kept from 1711 until 1758—reveals, he was also a slave owner who owned Adam Jackson for over thirty years. In this engrossing narrative of family life and the slave experience in the colonial North, Allegra di Bonaventura describes the complexity of this master/slave relationship and traces the intertwining stories of two families until the eve of the Revolution. Slavery is often left out of our collective memory of New England’s history, but it was hugely impactful on the central unit of colonial life: the family. In every corner, the lines between slavery and freedom were blurred as families across the social spectrum fought to survive. In this enlightening study, a new portrait of an era emerges.

The authors biblically answer contemporary missiological questions. The 299 page book covers a brief history of the Student Volunteer Movement and an explanation for its demise. Several chapters provide a solid theological and philosophical base for mission activity. The later chapters of the book provide some practical steps for involvement in missions. For the Sake of His Name is an excellent tool for college students, graduate students, pastors, missionaries, and mission agency personnel.

The book "" For John's Sake and Other Stories "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

“In the heart of this world, the Lord of life, who loves us so much, is always present. He does not abandon us, he does not leave us alone, for he has united himself definitively to our earth, and his love constantly impels us to find new ways forward. Praise be to him!” – Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ In his second encyclical, Laudato Si’: On the Care of Our Common Home, Pope Francis draws all Christians into a dialogue with every person on the planet about our common home. We as human beings are united by the concern for our planet, and every living thing that dwells on it, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. Pope Francis’ letter joins the body of the Church’s social and moral teaching, draws on the best scientific research, providing the foundation for “the ethical and spiritual itinerary that follows.” Laudato Si’ outlines: The current state of our “common home” The Gospel message as seen through creation The human causes of the ecological crisis Ecology and the common good Pope Francis’ call to action for each of us Our Sunday Visitor has included discussion questions, making it perfect for individual or group study, leading all Catholics and Christians into a deeper understanding of the importance of this teaching.