We haven't figured out how to weigh the interests of future generations against the needs of people alive today.
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Philosophy & Ethics
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.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01056: We haven't figured out how to weigh the interests of future generations against the needs of people alive today.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1056