EPLab • Reading Group

Axel Gosseries on “Intergenerational Metaphors: what’s the point?”

Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group

The December session of the Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will be hosted by Axel Gosseries who will be presenting a paper entitled: “Intergenerational Metaphors: what’s the point?” based on the chapter “Intergenerational Metaphors”, published in S. Gardiner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will meet every month as part of the EPLAB research project “Present Democracy for Future Generations” (PTDC/FER-FIL/6088/2020) to discuss a published paper, or work in progress related to the project’s theme.


For anyone wishing to attend in person, the group will be at room CAN SE1. Bring your own laptop/mobile phone and audioset for Zoom connection and perfect hearing! To join the session on Zoom, click here.


If you are interested in joining the group’s mailing list, receiving updates to the schedule, Zoom invitations, and the selected papers prior to the meetings, please write to devoncass@fcsh.unl.pt.


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group is co-organised by Devon Cass, Inês Cisneiros, José Pereira and Zachariah Tailor.

Next session
25 Jan – Malte Jauch
"The demands of ethical deliberation" (work in progress).