Justice, democracy, and future generations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12609693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Kates (0000-0002-8052-0510, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 508-528 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8230 • E-ISSN: 1743-8772 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698230.2013.861655 |
| OpenAlex | W2076757892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 30 |
Proposals for how to redesign democracy so as to better secure the demands of intergenerational justice can be divided into three broad families: (1) representative proxies; (2) differential voting schemes; and (3) counter-majoritarian devices. However, these proposals suffer from a fundamental weakness: namely, they all assume that despite the fact that democracy is by its very nature ill-equipped to secure intergenerational justice, it is nevertheless possible to rely on democracy to solve this problem in the first place. But that, to put it colloquially, is like thinking that one can pull oneself up by one’s own bootstraps. This paper sketches the shape and contours of a solution to this problem that is better able than the alternatives to escape this objection. This solution draws upon the strategy of a so-called ‘non-reformist reform.’
Democracy · Economic Justice · Injustice · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics
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| Citations per year | 0.89 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |