Discussants:

João Rodrigues(Manchester mAnchester/CES)

Mathias Thaler(CES) 

Presentation

Axel Gosseries will contrast some of the main theories of intergenerational justice. He will then present possible ways of specifying - and promoting compliance with - the demands of such substantive views (e.g. constitutionalization, special commissioner, synthetic indicators). The specific challenges - both procedural and substantive - that such practical proposals have to face will also be briefly explored (e.g. demo-sensitivity, indefinity,...).

Biographic Note

Axel Gosseries, LL.M. (1996, London) and PhD (2000, Louvain) is a permanent research fellow at the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) and a professor at the university of Louvain. He is the author of a book on intergenerational justice (Aubier, Paris, 2004) as well as the editor of two books, including Intergenerational Justice (2009, OUP, with Lukas Meyer). He has published in journals such as J. of Political Philosophy, Economics & Philosophy, PPE, International Economic Review, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Canadian J. of Philosophy.

Organization:

Observatory of Risk (OSIRIS) and BeCOM (is aims at exploring decision making devices (namely instruments and procedures) and their role in dealing with conflicts between (incommensurable) values as they arise in the process of public decision-making concerning environmental sustainability.