JustShare Christian Social and Political Thought Lecture:

''Justice between the Generations: the Changing Pattern of Obligations'
17th November 2010
Ann Morisy, community theologian and lecturer, delivered a radical lecture onthe impacts of increased longevity on the opportunities and roles open to different generations, the allocation of resources between them and their effect on democracy, touching on pensions, housing, education and the environment in the process.

She noted that we need to evolve a language to explore these issues which avoided the dynamics of 'us and them' and what 'they ought to do.' She suggested that a Christian response should work against scape-goating (perhaps taking Jesus as the model for that) and work towards compassionate voting rather than self-interested voting, re-moralising democracy and seeking to realise a more holistic concept of inter-generational relationships and mutual support.