Intergenerational bargains: Negotiating our debts to the past and our obligations to the future |
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Institution: | 1. University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Geo-Energy, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands;2. University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The question of intergenerational obligation can be framed in multiple ways. Here, we use the idea of bargains to think about how those of us in the present relate to both the past and the future. To understand this approach assumptions behind the idea of intergenerational bargains are posited, three potential ontologies for intergenerational thinking are explored, and principles that might be applied to intergenerational obligations are considered. Finally, an ethic for intergenerational obligation is proposed. The idea of intergenerational bargains reveals common frameworks among futures studies, ecological economics, and sustainability science. |
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Keywords: | Intergenerational issues Rawls Equity and efficiency Constructed futures Social bequests Punctuated reciprocity Values Ecological economics Sustainability science |
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