Constitutionalizing Future Rights
(2004) Intergenerational Justice Review — Vol. 3, n° 2, p. 10-11 (2004)
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- Recent inter est in environmental problems and the impact that w e ar e making on the environment has stimulated considerable interest in the problem of justice between generations. But it is well known that any attempt to construct a theory of justice between generations encounters special difficulties, such as those set out by Rawls [Rawls, 1972,pp.284-291]. One might well ask, at the outset, therefore, as does Brian Barry[1978, p.205], whether there is really any need for a theory of intergenerational justice and whether ,instead, one could nnot be satisfied with defining our obligations towards future generations on the basis of common humanity . Barry believes that there is such a need. And, like Rawls and other philosophers, he believes that in spite of the dif ficulties such a theory is possible. The argument of this paper is that it is both unnecessary and impossible.
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Gosseries, A. (2004). Constitutionalizing Future Rights. Intergenerational Justice Review, 3(2), 10-11. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/98769 (Original work published 2004)