世代正義的政策意涵分析=Intergenerational Justice and Its Policy Implications (In Chinese With English summary)

Abstract

世代正義(intergenerational justice) 是當前各國社會中最重要的議題之一。本文以世代正義為理論基礎, 探討世代正義在政策上的意涵。首先, 在理論部分,由於後代不存在, 所以無法證成未來世代擁有和現今世代具有相同的權利, 故學者大多以當代對於未來世代的義務與責任作為世代正義的理論基礎。再者,本文第二部分則藉由聯合國、芬蘭、紐西蘭、以色列、以及日本與韓國的制度安排為例, 探討世代正義在各國的政策意涵。本文希望能由以上討論, 對我國未來在制度上與政策上保障未來世代的權利做出建言與政策建議。 Intergenerational justice is one of the most discussed issues in the society around the globe. This paper firstly discussed the theory of intergenerational justice. Because future people do not exist (yet), the right-based theory could not justify that future people are entitled to the rights. Therefore, most scholars have turned into the obligation and duty from the present generation towards the future generation. Secondly, this paper discussed the public policy concerning the ideas of intergenerational justice in the United Nations, Finland, Hungary, New Zealand, Israel as well as institutional arrangement in Japan and Korea. The object of this paper is to offer some policy recommendations for Taiwan government on issue the intergenerational justice for future institutional arrangement.