Nevertheless, it does not follow that these reasons must take the form of reasons to maximize human well-being or to maximize the numbers of people who can lead good lives or to promote optimal population outcomes as picked out by some axiological principle. Insofar as they bear on questions about future generations, they may instead be reasons whose content is no different from the content of our attachment-based reasons. That is, they may be reasons to ensure that the chain of human generations is extended into the indefinite future under conditions conducive to human flourishing. Where
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