ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I argue that Kantian practical philosophy contains solid elements from which we can justify a theory of intergenerational justice. Even though Kant never developed this issue systematically, I present a line of reasoning that sheds light on robust intergenerational moral claims in Kant’s moral philosophy that might potentially lead to an intergenerational formulation of the categorical imperative. This chapter also stresses the institutional path demanded by intergenerational justice and points to the broader horizon opened up by the idea of a universal history. Thus, Kantian philosophy of history provides us with a normative context for an intergenerational justice grounded in a concept of law that bears in itself a diachronic requirement.
