Ethical Intergenerational Dimension

Author: Xiao-Ping Liao
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The issues discussed in this book are increasingly prominent and unavoidable in modern society. Specifically:
(1) From an intergenerational perspective, the first problem encountered is how to define "generation."
(2) A prominent intergenerational issue in modern society is the so-called "generation gap."
(3) The family intergenerational ethics is a microcosm and specific domain of social intergenerational ethics.
(4) If the generation gap in moral values and family intergenerational ethics are primarily viewed from the ethical relationships between the generations present, then sustainable development in intergenerational ethics and intergenerational equity issues are viewed from the theoretical perspective of the ethical relationships between the generations present as well as the generations who have passed away and those who have yet to appear.
(5) In the context of globalization, the relationship between ethnic ethical culture and civil ethical culture also manifests a deep blindness in social intergenerational relationships.
(6) The development of modern science and technology, especially the development of information and network technology and modern life science technology, has not only raised new intergenerational ethical issues for humanity but also provided humanity with a new perspective for observing intergenerational relationships.