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Why worry about future generations?

What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born? And do the humans of the future have an equal moral claim to those who are alive today?

What do we owe future generations? Everyone who is alive, has rights. And governments have obligations to their citizens. But what about people who are not yet born? Should their interests be taken into account - even though they don鈥檛 yet exist? David Edmonds draws upon the thinking of the late philosopher Derek Parfit to address this vexing question, which has consequences for real-world policy now in areas such as climate change.
Presenter: David Edmonds
Producer: Nathan Gower
Editor: Hugh Levinson

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28 minutes

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Sun 13 Feb 2022 21:30

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  • Mon 7 Feb 2022 20:30
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