Comments on: What Do We Owe Future Generations? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/10/what_do_we_owe.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/10/what_do_we_owe.html/comment-page-1#comment-46600 Frank Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:03:44 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/10/what-do-we-owe-future-generations.html#comment-46600 I agree that it's a great topic. I'm skeptical of many of these very long term projections, because they should influence policy routinely in *all* areas before they revolutionize one particular area. For example, property-rights advocates will warn darkly of a loss of innovation if we make even the slightest downward adjustment in patent or copyright rights/terms. Yet the same folks often discount future environmental harm quite aggressively. It's conservation for thee, but not for me. I agree that it’s a great topic. I’m skeptical of many of these very long term projections, because they should influence policy routinely in *all* areas before they revolutionize one particular area.

For example, property-rights advocates will warn darkly of a loss of innovation if we make even the slightest downward adjustment in patent or copyright rights/terms. Yet the same folks often discount future environmental harm quite aggressively. It’s conservation for thee, but not for me.

]]> By: Alfred http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/10/what_do_we_owe.html/comment-page-1#comment-46599 Alfred Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:26:03 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/10/what-do-we-owe-future-generations.html#comment-46599 This is a great topic and the symposium looks fabulous. One other way of looking at this is historically--did previous generations owe us anything? There's a lot of writing by people who look back on previous generations and complain about the problems "entailed" upon them by previous generations. And one can certainly ask about how we dealing with negligence or malfeasance of past generations. I look forward to reading the papers from the symposium. This is a great topic and the symposium looks fabulous. One other way of looking at this is historically–did previous generations owe us anything? There’s a lot of writing by people who look back on previous generations and complain about the problems “entailed” upon them by previous generations. And one can certainly ask about how we dealing with negligence or malfeasance of past generations. I look forward to reading the papers from the symposium.

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