English Dictionary

nonidentity problem

名詞

(philosophy) the philosophical problem involving our ethical obligations to future persons which derives from the observation that different courses of action will result in entirely different, or nonidentical, persons coming to be.

日本語の意味

未来の人物に対する倫理的義務について考察する哲学的問題。すなわち、異なる行動が全く異なる、または同一でない人物を生み出すという事実に基づき、我々の義務や責任を問い直す問題。

In environmental ethics classes, students often debate the nonidentity problem when discussing policies that will determine which future individuals come into existence.

環境倫理の授業では、将来どの個人が存在するかを左右する政策を議論する際に、学生たちはしばしば非同一性の問題をめぐって議論する。

意味（1）

(philosophy) the philosophical problem involving our ethical obligations to future persons which derives from the observation that different courses of action will result in entirely different, or nonidentical, persons coming to be.