The pure intergenerational problem

Monist

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 481-500

  Gardiner, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 4544348740     PISSN: 00269662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/monist200386328     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. and John O'Neill, "Future Generations: Present Harms," Philosophy 1993; 68(263): 35-51: at 46-50.)
2. After writing this paper, I came across an article by Tim Mulgan which describes a situation which resembles the PIP in having rigid temporal group differentiation. Mulgan proposes a minimal test for political theories. Political theories must justify at least some obligations to future generations in what he calls the Mayfly Case. There, generations of mayflies are rigidly differentiated over time. See Mulgan, "A Minimal Test for Political Theories," Philosophia, 2001