The purpose of this note is to examine Martin P. Golding’s“Obligations to Future Generations”, which was the first paper written on this subject in 1970s. In his discussions Golding brings up many excellent points which we have to reconsider. The main points of them are as follows. Obligations to future generations are an obligation to produce a desirable state of affairs for the community of the future, to promote conditions of good living for future generations. Future generations are possessors of presumptive rights. Future generations are members of our moral community because, and insofar as, our social ideal is relevant to future generations, given what they are and their conditions of life. It would be unwise to seek to promote the good of very distant future generations, and it could also be wrong.
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机译：本文的目的是研究马丁·戈尔丁（Martin P. Golding）的“对子孙后代的义务”，这是1970年代有关该主题的第一篇论文。在他的讨论中，戈尔丁提出了许多我们必须重新考虑的要点。它们的要点如下。 to对子孙后代的义务是为子孙后代创造理想状态，为子孙后代改善良好生活条件的义务。 后代拥有推定权。 后代是我们道德社区的成员，因为在某种程度上，鉴于我们的社会理想和后代的生活条件，我们的社会理想与他们息息相关。 seek试图促进遥远的子孙后代的利益是不明智的，这也可能是错误的。
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