Public Theological Remarks on Time Discounting and Intergenerational Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12838944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Izak Johannes Van der Merwe (Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-346 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Public Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-7320 • E-ISSN: 1872-5171 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15697320-12341238 |
| OpenAlex | W2053040078 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article inhabits an interdisciplinary space between ecological economics and public theology. After the publication of the 2007 Stern report a debate ensued about the way the economic tool of time discounting is applied as a means to assess the cost of climate change. In this article, the debate is reviewed and the notions of intergenerational justice, sacrifice, stewardship and servant leadership in the Christian tradition are subsequently identified as valuable resources that are recognized by a growing number of philosophers, economists and business leaders, as being of benefit to the conversation on the present generation’s responsibilities to future generations. Time discounting is regarded in this article as a morally questionable economic method to weigh the costs of climate change
Climate change · Conversation · Discounting · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental ethics · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Stewardship (theology · Taxpayer · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |