Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/324936 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch [ISSN:] 2568-762X [Volume:] 143 [Issue:] 1/4 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 197-217
Publisher: 
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Abstract: 
In his Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith lays out an account of ethics based on reflected passions towards our neighbours. I argue that this account can inform theories of intergenerational justice. Existing approaches implicitly focus on claims of justice between generations, not individuals. Instead, following Smith, we should think of each individual situated in her spatio-temporal neighbourhood. Relations between neighbours take the form of intergenerational sentiments. Reflection on these sentiments then allows us to identify due claims of justice. On this account, individuals are not just members of their respective generation, but also of their intertemporal community.
Subjects: 
Justice
Intergenerational Justice
Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith
JEL: 
D63
D64
B12
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Document Type: 
Article

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