Future generations in democracy: representation or consideration?
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Future generations in democracy : representation or consideration? / Jensen, Karsten Klint.
I: Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal and Political Thought, Bind 6, Nr. 3, 2015, s. 535-548.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Future generations in democracy
T2 - representation or consideration?
AU - Jensen, Karsten Klint
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper asks whether the genuine representation of future generations brings any added value that could not be achieved by institutions or procedures installed to supplement and support ordinary representative democracy. On this background, it reviews some arguments for genuine representation of future generations. The analysis reveals that they tend to overlook the democratic costs of such representation (violation of political equality, risk of distortion of the deliberation and undermining of autonomy), while they seem to ignore the alternative of giving consideration to the interests of future generations within current democracy. It is concluded that what really matters in terms of the democratic ideal is to ensure an impartial deliberation which takes the interests of all affected parties sufficiently into account.
AB - This paper asks whether the genuine representation of future generations brings any added value that could not be achieved by institutions or procedures installed to supplement and support ordinary representative democracy. On this background, it reviews some arguments for genuine representation of future generations. The analysis reveals that they tend to overlook the democratic costs of such representation (violation of political equality, risk of distortion of the deliberation and undermining of autonomy), while they seem to ignore the alternative of giving consideration to the interests of future generations within current democracy. It is concluded that what really matters in terms of the democratic ideal is to ensure an impartial deliberation which takes the interests of all affected parties sufficiently into account.
U2 - 10.1080/20403313.2015.1065649
DO - 10.1080/20403313.2015.1065649
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 535
EP - 548
JO - Jurisprudence
JF - Jurisprudence
SN - 2040-3313
IS - 3
ER -
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