对魏伊丝代际公平说的几点质疑

Some Doubts on Weiss' Theory of Intergenerational Equity

在环境哲学、环境政治学、环境社会学、环境法学等领域影响广泛并为大多数人接受的代际公平理论在论证逻辑上存在诸多断裂,致使该理论自身具有不可圆说性。所谓的后代人及其权利以及各代之间的信托关系都是一种纯粹的虚构,当代人所承担的环境义务并非与"后代人的权利"相对应,而是与人类整体的环境利益相对应。人们普遍承担的环境保护义务才是代际公平理论的正确出路和归宿。虽然代际公平理论无法在法律上加以实现,但如果把它作为我们自己伦理关怀的准则,则对地球环境资源的保护也不无裨益。

The theory of intergenerational equity,which has extensive impacts and is accepted by most people in areas of environmental philosophy,environmental politics,environmental sociology and environmental law,has so many faults in logic that the theory itself cannot be considered a round.The so-called future generations and their rights and the relationship of trust between generations are a pure fiction.Contemporary people＇s environmental obligations are not corresponding to the ＂rights of future generations＂,but corresponding to the overall environmental benefits of human being.The generally assumed environmental obligations are the right way and the end result of the theory of intergenerational equity.Although the theory of intergenerational equity cannot be achieved in the law,if it is used as our own guideline for ethical care,it is not without benefit to protecting environmental resources of the earth.