We haven't figured out how to weigh the interests of future generations against the needs of people alive today.
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Decisions about climate change, resource use, and debt all require some answer to how much weight future, non-existent people deserve compared to those who exist now. Philosophers disagree sharply on this tradeoff.
Citation ID: WS01056
Title: We haven't figured out how to weigh the interests of future generations against the needs of people alive today.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1056