La consideración del futuro y las teorías del tiempo: una objeción a las perspectivas estrechas temporales en ética de poblaciones

• Dayrón Terán ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de Vigo

     Universidade de Vigo

     Vigo, España

     
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 58, Nº. 173, 2026, págs. 29-42
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Según ciertas concepciones en ética de poblaciones, los seres futuroscuentan menos o no cuentan en absoluto. Una forma de intentar justificar esto esapelando a alguna de las posiciones que niegan la existencia del futuro en filosofíadel tiempo. De este modo, si no hay seres futuros, podría argumentarse que estosno pueden ser considerados, ya que sería preciso existir para ser tenido en cuenta.Este artículo examina los problemas que seplantean para estas posiciones moralessi el universo en el que vivimos carece de simultaneidad absoluta.

  • English

    According to certain views in population ethics, future beings count for less, or do not count at all. In order to justify this, it is possible to appeal to any of the perspectives that deny the existence of the future in philosophy of time. If there are no future beings, it could be argued that they cannot be considered, since they would have to exist in order to be taken into account. This paper shows the problems faced by these moral views if the universe in which we live lacks absolute simultaneity.

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