Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations

Abstract The intergenerational sustainability dilemma (ISD) is a situation of whether or not a person sacrifices herself for future sustainability. To examine the individual behaviors, one-person ISD game (ISDG) is instituted with strategy method where a queue of individuals is organized as a genera...

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Autores principales:	Mostafa E. Shahen, Koji Kotani, Tatsuyoshi Saijo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cf384aecedca484381ebc5be549273c52021-12-02T13:57:38ZIntergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations10.1038/s41598-021-81835-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/cf384aecedca484381ebc5be549273c52021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81835-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The intergenerational sustainability dilemma (ISD) is a situation of whether or not a person sacrifices herself for future sustainability. To examine the individual behaviors, one-person ISD game (ISDG) is instituted with strategy method where a queue of individuals is organized as a generational sequence. In ISDG, each individual chooses unsustainable (or sustainable) option with her payoff of $$X$$ X ( $$X-D$$ X - D ) and an irreversible cost of $$D$$ D (zero cost) to future generations in $$36$$ 36 situations. Future ahead and back (FAB) mechanism is suggested as resolution for ISD by taking the perspective of future generation whereby each individual is first asked to take the next generation’s standpoint and request what she wants the current generation to choose, and, second, to make the actual decision from the original position. Results show that individuals choose unsustainable option as previous generations do so or $$\frac{X}{D}$$ X D is low (i.e., sustainability is endangered). However, FAB prevents individuals from choosing unsustainable option in such endangered situations. Overall, the results suggest that some new institutions, such as FAB mechanisms, which induce people to take the perspective of future generations, may be necessary to avoid intergenerational unsustainability, especially when intergenerational sustainability is highly endangered.Mostafa E. ShahenKoji KotaniTatsuyoshi SaijoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mostafa E. Shahen Koji Kotani Tatsuyoshi Saijo Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
description	Abstract The intergenerational sustainability dilemma (ISD) is a situation of whether or not a person sacrifices herself for future sustainability. To examine the individual behaviors, one-person ISD game (ISDG) is instituted with strategy method where a queue of individuals is organized as a generational sequence. In ISDG, each individual chooses unsustainable (or sustainable) option with her payoff of $$X$$ X ( $$X-D$$ X - D ) and an irreversible cost of $$D$$ D (zero cost) to future generations in $$36$$ 36 situations. Future ahead and back (FAB) mechanism is suggested as resolution for ISD by taking the perspective of future generation whereby each individual is first asked to take the next generation’s standpoint and request what she wants the current generation to choose, and, second, to make the actual decision from the original position. Results show that individuals choose unsustainable option as previous generations do so or $$\frac{X}{D}$$ X D is low (i.e., sustainability is endangered). However, FAB prevents individuals from choosing unsustainable option in such endangered situations. Overall, the results suggest that some new institutions, such as FAB mechanisms, which induce people to take the perspective of future generations, may be necessary to avoid intergenerational unsustainability, especially when intergenerational sustainability is highly endangered.
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title	Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
title_short	Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
title_full	Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
title_fullStr	Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
title_full_unstemmed	Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
title_sort	intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
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Intergenerational sustainability is enhanced by taking the perspective of future generations

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