Justification of Obligations in Intergenerational Justice

Abstract

In this paper I shall review the different theories of intergenerational justice. For this aim, I will analyze by virtue of which principles arise the obligations between generations for the different theories. Besides looking for the justification of such intergenerational duties, the analysis will be aimed at showing what is the content of obligations that each theory demands. In other words, this work has the purpose of examining what justifies for each theory that there are obligations between generations and what is the measure of distribution in which those duties must be established. Finally, I will argue in favor of the theory of intergenerational justice that I consider normatively superior.