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On Responsible Behavior toward Future Generations

“Every generation is equal in rights to the generation that preceded it, by the same rule that every individual is born equal in rights with his contemporary.”

Thomas Paine writes of equality that transcends both space and time in Rights of Man.

With concerns of global climate change, strained economies, growing scarcity of resources, and a generally overburdened Earth, do we take seriously enough our responsibility to future generations, or are we mortgaging the future with little thought for the world we leave to our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren?

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