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Why and How Should We Represent Future Generations in Policymaking?
Beyleveld, Deryck; Düwell, Marcus; Spahn, Andreas
Authors
Marcus Düwell
Andreas Spahn
Abstract
This paper analyses the main challenges (particularly those deriving from the non-identity problem and epistemic uncertainty concerning the preferences of future persons) to the idea that we should and can represent future generations in our present policymaking. It argues that these challenges can and should be approached from the perspective of human rights. To this end it introduces and sketches the main features of a human rights framework derived from the moral theory of Alan Gewirth. It indicates how this framework can be grounded philosophically, sketches the main features and open questions of the framework and its grounding, and shows how it can be used to deal with the challenges to the idea that future generations have rights that can be represented in our policymaking.
Citation
Beyleveld, D., Düwell, M., & Spahn, A. (2015). Why and How Should We Represent Future Generations in Policymaking?. Jurisprudence, 6(3), 549-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2015.1065642
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 27, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 3, 2015 |
Publication Date | Sep 2, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Mar 1, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Jurisprudence |
Print ISSN | 2040-3313 |
Electronic ISSN | 2040-3321 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 549-566 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2015.1065642 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Jurisprudence on 01/09/2015, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/20403313.2015.1065642.
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