According to commonsense morality, while we have reason to be concerned about the effects of our actions on anyone’s welfare, we also have reason to be partial towards the welfare of people to whom we have certain special relationships. I have, for example, more reason to make sure that my own child gets into a good school than that my neighbor’s child does. In this paper, I want to examine a kind of decision where the identity of people to whom we bear the special relationship depends on our action – in particular, the identity of our future children.

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偏爱、认同和生育

根据常识道德，虽然我们有理由关注我们的行为对任何人福利的影响，但我们也有理由偏袒与我们有某些特殊关系的人的福利。例如，与邻居的孩子相比，我更有理由确保我自己的孩子进入一所好学校。在这篇论文中，我想研究一种决定，其中与我们有特殊关系的人的身份取决于我们的行为——尤其是我们未来孩子的身份。