Do We Have Moral Obligations To Future Generations?

<p>Itwas 1988 when climate change became an urgent ethical and political concern for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/stockholm-kyoto-brief-history-climate-change#:~:text=In%201988%2C%20global%20warming%20and,public%20debate%20and%20political%20agenda." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">United Nations</a>.</p> <p>In recent years, no doubt climate change has only grown as an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2fef1c12-5646-4e8b-b8b7-dbdaf1d213fc" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">international concern</a>.</p> <p>At the heart of every environmental debate stands the critical question: do we have moral obligations to future generations? After all, future generations don&rsquo;t legally have any rights. And we can&rsquo;t exactly ask them if we should stop using plastic straws.</p> <p>It is therefore up to us to make the right choices for them. Whether it is our&nbsp;<strong>moral obligation&nbsp;</strong>to make these choices for them is a point to be debated.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/do-we-have-moral-obligations-to-future-generations-d0be7b76f1ff"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>