ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that discrimination against future people is likely to continue until they are represented when significant decisions are being made. It discusses the trilemma is introduced and proposed solutions to it are found wanting. The chapter reviews the arguments in favour of discounting and suggests that except where there are special reasons to the contrary, future benefits and losses should receive the same weight as if they were situated in the present. It explains the problems for the stance arising from the trilemma and thereby reinforces the earlier conclusions. The chapter introduces proposals for institutional reforms involving the representation of future people in present decision-making. Besides presenting the options which constitute the trilemma, Dale Jamieson also presents apparently conclusive objections to all three. However, Jamieson's objection, however, could be more troublesome in the area of interests other than the avoidance of serious harms and of death.
