We don't have a resolved way to determine what obligations, if any, we owe to people who will exist only in the distant future.
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Actions today, like nuclear waste storage or long-term environmental damage, can affect people thousands of years from now who have no voice in current decisions. Philosophers disagree on how much moral weight these far-future interests should carry.
Citation ID: WS01093
Title: We don't have a resolved way to determine what obligations, if any, we owe to people who will exist only in the distant future.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1093