On Intergenerational Justice

Abstract

Abstract: The issue of justice is drawing wider and wider attention in modern society. Ifwe consider the issue on the context of “generation”, then justice may be divided into two kinds, that is, generational justice and intergenerational justice.The so-called generational justice is nothing but the concept of justice in common usage, while intergenerational justice has two forms——namely justice between contemporary generations and that between contemporary generations and futuregenerations. To classify the two kinds of intergenerational justice is of special significance.

Key words: generation, justice, intergenerational justice, generational justice

摘要： 公平问题是一个现代社会日益凸现的问题。如果将公平问题放在“代”的语境中加以讨论和审视,则可以将公平分为代内公平和代际公平。代内公平实际上就是一般所说的公平。代际公平可分为在场各代之间的公平和在场各代与后代之间的公平。由于对这两种代际公平未加区分,因此,人们在讨论代际公平问题时往往显得语义含糊。由于在场各代处于现实的关系之中,他们之间的公平是具有实践基础的。但是,对在场各代与尚未出场的人类后代之间的公平却存在着较大的争议,其焦点在于尚未出场的人类后代与在场各代之间的关系并不是现实的。为此,对在场各代与人类后代的公平进行权利论证明就是当前一个迫切的理论课题。

关键词: 代, 公平, 代际公平, 代内公平

CLC Number:

B82-09

LIAO Xiaoping, CHENG Haiying. On Intergenerational Justice[J]. Studies in Ethics, 2004(4): 26-32.

廖小平, 成海鹰. 论代际公平[J]. 伦理学研究, 2004(4): 26-32.

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