Intergenerational Justice. The project aims to overcome a major deficiency in philosophical approaches to justice by developing a comprehensive theory about our rights and responsibilities in respect to people who are differently situated in time or in their stage of life. The theory will explain a) why we have responsibilities in respect to future and past people and what these duties are; b) how people in different age groups ought to treat each other; c) what responsibilities belong to genera ....Intergenerational Justice. The project aims to overcome a major deficiency in philosophical approaches to justice by developing a comprehensive theory about our rights and responsibilities in respect to people who are differently situated in time or in their stage of life. The theory will explain a) why we have responsibilities in respect to future and past people and what these duties are; b) how people in different age groups ought to treat each other; c) what responsibilities belong to generational roles (such as ?parent? or ?child?); and d) how all of these duties fit into a more general theory of justice.Read moreRead less
Basho's Men : Making Poetic Places; Harold Stewart's travelling in Japan/John Wolseley's texts from Japan. This project will produce three books, each an interdisciplinary study that will speak to students of landscape, poetry, religious studies and cultural history in Australia and Japan, and generally contribute to cross-cultural relations in the Asia Pacific region. Also, the project will enhance my teaching relations with foreign students, particularly Japanese students, at the Australian Ce ....Basho's Men : Making Poetic Places; Harold Stewart's travelling in Japan/John Wolseley's texts from Japan. This project will produce three books, each an interdisciplinary study that will speak to students of landscape, poetry, religious studies and cultural history in Australia and Japan, and generally contribute to cross-cultural relations in the Asia Pacific region. Also, the project will enhance my teaching relations with foreign students, particularly Japanese students, at the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. Read moreRead less