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Notes
1 There might be some exceptions to this (not telling malicious lies about us, for example), but they are insignificant.
2 See Mazor (Citation2010, pp. 382–383) for Mazor's concession and for some relevant citations regarding the preconditions for the possession of rights and for obligations of justice. By conceding that future people do not now have rights, Mazor manages to sidestep the non-identity problem, as he points out on pp. 390–391. Another argument for indirect obligations to conserve resources can be found in Schwartz (Citation1978).
3 The reason why Mazor inserts the ‘or save’ qualifier is to allow for the possibility that the Gen 1ers might find a way to provide the Gen 2ers with resources equivalent in value to the manna to which the Gen 2ers are entitled instead of the manna itself.
4 Or, rather, a population-proportional amount. It would be equal if all generations were of equal size.
5 Thanks to Joe Mazor for making this suggestion to me in conversation and for providing this example.
6 To take care of any worries about moral responsibility, we can stipulate that Anthony and Agnes are adults. We can also stipulate, to ensure that James's request is reasonable, that Anthony and Agnes still live with James.