Responding to the Appeal of Those Who Are not (yet) There
On the Hyperphenomenal Character of Intergenerational Justice
Abstract
Intergenerational justice represents a crucial theme in the on-going debate in ethics, politics and law. In what follows, I would like to show that a determined phenomenological perspective drawing from the motive of alterity can shed new light on such a topic. Importantly, my concern will be to display how this approach can provide a thorough justificatory underpinning for a responsibility towards future generations, while denouncing the main shortcomings that mainstream approaches reveal when dealing with this issue.
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Agius, E. (1998). The Earth Belongs to All Generations: Moral Challenges of Sustainable Development. In Agius, E., Chircop L. (a cura di). Caring for Future Generations. Jewish, Christian and Islamic Perspectives. Westport: Praeger.
Agius, E. (2006). Obligations of Justice Towards Future Generations: A Revolution in Social and Legal Thought. In Agius, E. et al. (a cura di). Future Generations and International Law. London: Earthscan Publications.
Anders, G. (1956). Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen, Bd. 1: Über die Seele im Zeitalter der zweiten industriellen Revolution. München: Beck.
Arendt, H. (1958). The Human Condition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Auerbach, B. E. (1995). Unto the Thousandth Generation. Conceptualizing Intergenerational Justice. New York: Peter Lang.
Barry, B. (1978). Circumstances of Justice and Future Generations. In Sikora, I. R., Barry, B. (a cura di). Obligations to Future Generations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Bifulco, R. (2008). Diritto e generazioni future. Problemi giuridici della responsabilità intergenerazionale. Milano: Franco Angeli.
Bifulco, R., A. D’Aloia, (2008). Le generazioni future come nuovo paradigma del diritto costituzionale. In Id. (a cura di). Un diritto per il futuro. Teorie e modelli dello sviluppo sostenibile e della responsabilità intergenerazionale. Napoli: Jovene.
Butler, J. (2006). Violence, Mourning, Politics. In Id. Precarious Life. The Power of Mourning and Violence. London: Verso, 19–49.
Cattaneo, C. (2018). Naufraghi senza volto. Dare un nome alle vittime del Mediterraneo. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.
Derrida, J. (1991). Donner le temps. I. La fausse monnaie.
Derrida, J. (1993). Spectres de Marx. L’État de la dette, le travail du deuil et la nouvelle Internationale. Paris: Galilée.
Derrida, J. (1994). Force de loi: le “fondament mystique de l’autorité”. Paris: Galilée.
Derrida, J. (1997). Ho il gusto del segreto. In Derrida, J., Ferraris, M. Il gusto del segreto. Roma: Laterza.
de-Shalit, A. (1995). Why Posterity Matters. Environmental Policies and Future Generations. London: Routledge.
Fritsch, M. (2005). Democracy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice. Mosaic, 48(3): 27–45.
Fritsch, M., Menga, F.G., van der Post, R. eds. (2024), Phenomenology and Future Generations: Generativity, Justice, and Amor Mundi, SUNY Press, New York (in press).
Gardiner, S. M. (2009). A Contract on Future Generations?, In Gosseries, A., Meyer, L. H. (a cura di). Intergenerational Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gardiner, S. M. (2011). A Perfect Moral Storm. The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gauthier, D. (1986). Morals by Agreement. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Imperatore, P., Leonardi, E., (2023). L’era della giustizia climatica. Prospettive politiche per una transizione ecologica dal basso. Napoli: Orthotes.
Jamieson, D. (2014). Reason in a Dark Time. Why the Struggle against Climate Change Failed – and What It Means for our Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jankélévitch, V. (1980). La volonté de vouloir. In Id. Le Je-ne-sais-quoi et le Presque-rien, tomo 3. Paris: Ed. du Seuil.
Jenkins, W. (2013). Intergenerational Risk and the Future of Love. In The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity. Georgetown University Press.
Jonas, H. (1979). Das Prinzip Verantwortung. Versuch einer Ethik für die technologische Zivilisation. Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag.
Jonas, H. (1992). Philosophische Untersuchungen und metaphysische Vermutungen. Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag.
Kobayashi, M. (1999). Atomistic Self and Future Generations: A Critical Review from an Eastern Perspective. In Kim, T.-Ch., Harrison, R. (a cura di). Self and Future Generations: An Intercultural Conversation. Cambridge UK: The White Horse Press.
Lévinas, E. (1961). Totalité et infini. Essai sur l’extériorité. La Haye: Nijhoff.
Lévinas, E. (1967). En découvrant l’existence aver Husserl et Heidegger. Paris: Vrin.
Lévinas, E. (1974). Autrement qu’être ou Au-delà de l’essence. La Haye: Nijhoff.
Lévinas, E. (1991). Entre nous. Essai sur le penser-à-l’autre. Paris: Grasset.
Menga, F. G. (2003). La “passione” della risposta. Sulla fenomenologia dell’estraneo di Bernhard Waldenfels. aut aut, 316-317: 209–237.
Menga, F. G. (2008). Né prima, né ultima parola. Il discorso dell’estraneo di Bernhard Waldenfels. In Waldenfels, B. Fenomenologia dell’estraneo. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.
Menga, F. G. (2011). The Experience of the Alien and the Philosophy of Response. Etica & Politica/Ethics & Politics, 13(1): 7–15
Menga, F. G (2016). Lo scandalo del futuro. Per una giustizia intergenerazionale. Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
Menga, F. G. (2019). Barmherzigkeit – für wen? Ethische Rationalität auf dem Prüfstein einer Zukunftstranszendenz. In Gräb-Schmidt, E., Häfele, B., Hölzchen, C. (a cura di). Transzendenz und Rationalität. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
Menga, F. G. (2020). Bernhard Waldenfels. Phänomenologie des Fremden und unhintergehbare Kontingenz von Weltordnungen In Keiling, T. (a cura di). Phänomenologische Metaphysik. Konturen eines Problems seit Husserl. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.
Menga, F. G., (2021a). L’emergenza del futuro. I destini del pianeta e le responsabilità del presente. Roma: Donzelli.
Menga, F. G. (2021b). Etica intergenerazionale. Brescia: Morcelliana.
Menga, F. G., (2022). Dare voce alle generazioni future. Riflessioni filosofico-giuridiche su rappresentanza e riconoscimento a margine della recente modifica dell’articolo 9 della Costituzione italiana. BioLaw Journal / Rivista di BioDiritto, 2: 73–92.
Menga, F. G., (2023a). Istituire il futuro. La giustizia intergenerazionale quale posta in gioco dello spazio pubblico. Filosofia e Teologia, (3).
Menga, F. G. (2023b). When the Generational Overlap Is the Challenge Rather Than the Solution. On Some Problematic Versions of Transgenerational Justice. The Monist, 106(2): 194–208.
Menga, F. G. (2023c). Cura. Milano: RCS-Corriere della Sera.
Menga, F. G. (2024). Absences That Matter. Phenomenological Insights on (the Predicaments of) Intergenerational Justice. In Fritsch, M., Menga, F. G., Post, R. van der (a cura di). Phenomenology and Future Generations: Generativity, Justice, and Amor Mundi. New York: SUNY Press (in corso di pubblicazione).
Merleau-Ponty, M. (1945). Phénoménologie de la perception. Paris: Gallimard.
Muers, R. (2008). Living for the Future. Theological Ethics for Coming Generations. London: T&T Clark.
Passmore, J. (1980). Man’s Responsibility for Nature. London: Duckworth.
Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Ricoeur, P. (1990). Soi-même comme un autre. Paris : Ed. du Seuil.
Rosenzweig, F. (1988). Der Stern der Erlösung. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Rosenzweig, F. (2013). Das neue Denken. Einige nachträgliche Bemerkungen zum “Stern der Erlösung”. In Id. Das Ich entsteht im Du. Ausgewählte Texte zu Sprache, Dialog und Übersetzung. Freiburg: Alber.
Spadaro, A. (2008). L’amore dei lontani: universalità e intergenerazionalità dei diritti fondamentali fra ragionevolezza e globalizzazione. In R. Bifulco, A. D’Aloia (a cura di). Un diritto per il futuro. Cit.
Thompson, D. (2005). Democracy in Time: Popular Sovereignty and Temporal Representation. Constellations, 12(2): 245–261.
Thompson, D. (2010). Representing Future Generations: Political Presentism and Democratic Trusteeship. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 13(1): 17–37.
Tremmel, J. (2006). Establishing Intergenerational Justice in National Constitutions. In Id. (a cura di). Handbook of Intergenerational Justice. Cheltenham: Elgar.
Waldenfels, B. (1994). Antwortregister. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2002). Bruchlinien der Erfahrung. Phänomenologie – Psychoanalyse – Phänomenotechnik. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2006a). Schattenrisse der Moral. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2006b). Grundmotive einer Phänomenologie des Fremden. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2009). Ortverschiebungen, Zeitverschiebungen. Modi leibhaftiger Erfahrung. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2012). Hyperphänomene. Modi hyperbolischer Erfahrung. Berlin: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels B. (2015). Sozialität und Alterität. Modi sozialer Erfahrung. Berlin: Suhrkamp.
Waldenfels, B. (2022). Fremde Zukunft und Ansprüche künftiger Generationen. In Id., Globalität, Lokalität, Digitalität. Herausforderungen der Phänomenologie. Berlin: Suhrkamp.
Zagrebelsky, G. (2016). Senza adulti. Torino: Einaudi.
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2024-04-30
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Menga, F. (2024). Responding to the Appeal of Those Who Are not (yet) There. Critical Hermeneutics, 8(special), 75-98. https://doi.org/10.13125/CH/6132
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