Demographic Change and Intergenerational Justice The Implementation of Long-Term Thinking in the Political Decision Making Process /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tremmel, Jörg Chet (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Population.; Quality of life.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Population Economics.; Fundamentals of Law.

Intergenerational justice has been achieved if the opportunities of the members of the next generation to fulfill their needs are better than those of the members of the preceding generation. For this, each generation ought to leave for the next generation an amount of resources is at least equal to...