| List of Figures and Tables |
| Acknowledgments |
| List of Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Mankind's increasing powers |
| The no-man's-land of ethics |
| Ethics of the future - in a double sense |
| Distinguishing generational justice from sustainability |
| The role of philosophy |
| Outline of the book |
| Criteria-based Definitions of Scientific Terms / 2： |
| Four criteria for definitions |
| Comparisons between Generations / 3： |
| The ambiguity of the term 'generationÆ |
| Irrelevance of societal generations for intergenerational justice theories |
| Relevance of family-related generations for intergenerational justice theories |
| Temporal and intertemporal generational justice |
| Direct and indirect comparisons of chronological generations |
| Comparisons between generations in various fields |
| Comparisons: The field of ecology as an example |
| Comparison of life courses |
| Summary |
| Objections to Theories of Generational Justice / 4： |
| Non-identity problem |
| Future individuals cannot have rightsÆ |
| What to Sustain? Capital or Well-being as an Axiological Goal? / 5： |
| Societal targets and concepts of justice |
| The capital approach |
| The well-being approach |
| Measuring well-being |
| Advantages and disadvantages of the capital approach and the well-being approach |
| Average utilitarianism vs. total utilitarianism: a repugnant conclusion? |
| How Much to Sustain? The Demands of Justice in the Intergenerational Context / 6： |
| A compass for the no-man's-land? |
| The applicability of intragenerational justice theories in the intergenerational context |
| Justice as impartiality: Rawls' 'original positionÆ theory |
| Justice as the equal treatment of equal cases, and the unequal treatment of unequal cases |
| Justice as reciprocity |
| Intergenerational justice as enabling advancement |
| Conclusion / 7： |
| Notes |
| References |
| Index |
| List of Figures and Tables |
| Acknowledgments |
| List of Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Mankind's increasing powers |
| The no-man's-land of ethics |
