Sustainable Development in the Context of the Theory of Intergenerational Justice. An Attempt to Specify a Problem
Journal Title: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The article treats the topic of sustainable development that is depicted from the perspective of social justice. The keynote concerns intergenerational justice directed towards future generations. It has been assumed that there is a need to set in order the discussion regarding the principle of sustainable development as a principle of social justice basing on the concept from the Brudtland Commission Report. It has been acknowledged that part of the discussion is a result of misunderstanding as the definition was limited to one or two sentences. Furthermore, the discussion might be ordered thanks to the postulate of reducing needs of poorest people to basic ones and taking into account technical possibilities and a way of organizing the society in given time. The needs were interpreted according to Rawls’ basic needs definition. The article further demonstrates that the principle of intergenerational justice itself does not raise doubts if related to past or next two or three generations. Hence, the legitimacy of the extension of this principle to all possible future generations stays in the limelight of the article. In order to substantiate the principle of intergenerational justice the article discusses the positions based on the theory of interest.
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Andrzej Papuziński
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