Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice - Prof. Dr. Axel Gosseries - Universität Hamburg
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Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice
Abstract
In this lecture, I will present several theories of intergenerational justice and I will explore the degree to which sustainability is sufficient or necessary to meet the demands of intergenerational justice. In other words, we will ask ourselves whether what we transfer to the next birth cohort can sustainable without being fair, and conversely.
About the Speaker
Axel Gosseries is Maitre de recherches FNRS and Professeur extraordinaire at the UCLouvain, Belgium. He is the Head of the Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics. He has been writing extensively in the field of theories of justice and more specifically on intergenerational issues. He is the author of more than 50 articles in philosophy, law and economics, the author of a book on Intergenerational Justice (Aubier, 2004) and the co-editor of 4 books, the latest one being Institutions for Future Generations (with Inigo Gonzalez-Ricoy, OUP, 2016).
--- Our precarious times call for a rethinking and renewal of the shared underpinnings of an open, diverse, and inclusive democratic society. To support this process, the Institute of Philosophy is offering a lecture series with leading thinkers who are confronting the challenges and chances that we are facing in all dimensions of life. The idea of this series is to develop a culture of reason, reflection, and responsibility by bringing fundamental global debates to the heart of the campus. The series is about connecting philosophical enquiry to pragmatic action.