On Future Generations’ Future Rights

Gosseries, Axel
(2008) The Journal of Political Philosophy — Vol. 16, n° 4, p. 446-474 (2008/12/1) (2008)

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SHOULD moral and/or legal rights be granted to members of future generations? The question is not new. Yet, it remains important. It pertains simultaneously to the conceptual realm and to the domain of practical proposals arising out of concern for future generations. Consider just a few of such proposals. First, we can think of specific institutions aimed at defending the interests and rights of future generations, such as a set of reserved seats in one of the parliamentary chambers, 1 setting up a specialized second chamber, 2 ...
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Gosseries, A. (2008). On Future Generations’ Future Rights. The Journal of Political Philosophy, 16(4), 446-474 (2008/12/1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2008.00323.x (Original work published 2008)