112 L. Harder have a stake in the polity to come, why should we commit ourselves to making it better? This kind of argument is morally bereft. We can continue to care about the future and attend to the damages we, and our ancestors, have wrought, even if, or precisely because, our political membership is limited by our mortality. It was, of course, ever thus. Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.