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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Philosophy & Ethics
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.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01093: 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.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1093