INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE C

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-928295-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

Is it fair to leave the next generation a public debt? Is it defensible to impose legal rules on them through constitutional constraints? From combating climate change to ensuring proper funding for future pensions, concerns about ethics between generations are everywhere. In this volume sixteen philosophers explore intergenerational justice. Part One examines the ways in which various theories of justice look at the matter. These include libertarian, Rawlsian, sufficientarian, contractarian, communitarian, Marxian and reciprocity-based approaches. In Part Two, the authors look more specifically at issues relevant to each of these theories, such as motivation to act fairly towards future generations, the population dimension, the formation of preferences through education and how they impact on our intergenerational obligations, and whether it is fair to rely on constitutional devices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gosseries, Meyer

Gosseries, Axel

Meyer, Lukas H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Axel Gosseries is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS), based at the Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale (Université catholique de Louvain). He also lectures at the universities of Louvain and St-Louis (Brussels).; Lukas Meyer is Assistenzprofessor für Praktische Philosophie at the University of Bern, Switzerland.