Justice between the young and the old

"In a world of limited resources, competition between the young and old prompt difficult questions of justice. In countries with public pension and heath care systems, or with aging populations, there is often a concern that members of different generations are not always treated fairly. Dennis McKerlie examines justice between age-groups with the ultimate goal of a new theory of justice that effectively grapples with those questions. In the realm of public policy and medical ethics this is an important and timely topic, but surprisingly one that has receieved relatively little attention from moral philosophers"--P. [2] of jacket.