ABSTRACT
Although dealing with future people often counts as a variety of the non-identity problem, this chapter employs a “theoretical workaround” from Hans Jonas. It holds that for such cases that require thinking about future people, there is a moral imperative grounding this position as a kind of obligation to the idea of humankind. While this view provides a solid, defendable outlook, future generations require this placement because they intersect with other stakeholders. For example, saying that we should act for future people while ignoring suffering groups in certain instances remains inherently problematic.
