Jean-Eric Schoettl is former secretary general of the Constitutional Council. Noëlle Lenoir is a lawyer and honorary member of the Constitutional Council. Jean-Claude Magendie is former first president of the Paris Court of Appeal.
Concern for the fate of future generations has been promoted for decades by all those - philosophers, scientists, political actors - who, drawing lessons from contemporary history, have become aware of the fragility of the human adventure and the finitude of our world.
What is the responsibility of current generations towards future generations, for the preservation of our environment, the proper allocation of natural resources and the future of our species?
Major question.
At the origin of this question, the German philosopher Hans Jonas, in his 1979 work
The Responsibility Principle
, analyzes man's power over the world as a capacity for self-destruction.
We know in fact that the progress of science and…
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