作者:FREDERICKSON, HG
摘要:Can public officials correctly be said to have obligations to future generations? Issues of intergenerational fairness are all around us. Beginning with the Athenian oath, H. George Frederickson reviews moral, philosophical, and empirical arguments about the obligations of public officials toward future generations. A review of philosophers, both ancient and contemporary, finds general agreement that temporal generations have moral responsibilities toward both their children (near-term future ...