Why worry about future generations?
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Climate Change and Its Impact on the Future
Jeff McMahon: Parfit shows this way of thinking can't be right. It would be better for the 14-year-old girl to wait before having a child, but it would not be better for any particular child. This is relevant in many real cases, including most large-scale policy matters, he says. These include our concern about climate change and how it will affect future people.
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