The Politics of Commitment by Anthony M Clohesy

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This book examines the nature of our commitment to the long-term survival of humanity. It addresses the lack of a sustainable and ethical commitment to a shared and binding future for the well-being of those who will come after us.

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The Politics of Commitment by Anthony M Clohesy

This book examines the nature of our commitment to the long-term survival of humanity. It addresses the lack of a sustainable and ethical commitment to a shared and binding future for the well-being of those who will come after us.

While other texts focus on the threats to our survival, such as climate catastrophe or nuclear annihilation, this study argues that a greater threat to our survival is our disposition of ambivalence about the value of future lives. The other claim of the book is that, to avoid our extinction, we have to recover a sense of ourselves as beings worthy of salvation.

Clearly argued and jargon free, the book will be useful for scholars with an academic interest in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, culture studies, and population ethics.

Anthony M. Clohesy left the University of Essex in 2018 after many years of teaching in the sociology department and in the International Academy. His recent publication is The Politics of Well-Being: Towards a More Ethical World (2021) .

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ISBN 13 9781032405223
ISBN 10 1032405228
Title The Politics of Commitment
Author Anthony M Clohesy
Series Routledge Studies In Social And Political Thought
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2025-12-01
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.