We still don't know whether it's possible to justify caring equally about hypothetical future people as we do about people who currently exist.
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Philosophy & Ethics
Ethical frameworks that count future potential people equally can lead to counterintuitive conclusions about how we should prioritize resources today. This unresolved tension remains central to debates in population ethics and long-term policy planning.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01155: We still don't know whether it's possible to justify caring equally about hypothetical future people as we do about people who currently exist.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1155