nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220819-181947-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220819s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220819-181947-0 doi eng 342 23 Bublitz, Christoph Author aut In Dubio Pro Futura - A Novel Decision Rule to Preserve the Long-Term Interests of Humanity Bublitz, Christoph Verfassungsblog 2022-08-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This post introduces a proposal to promote the long-term interests of humanity and to avert existential and other catastrophic risks, such as those resulting from extreme climate change, pandemics and unaligned artificial intelligence, through the adoption of a novel legal decision rule: in dubio pro futura. In the face of legal indeterminacy, when the law does not provide a single correct answer but a range of several acceptable answers, courts should choose the one most favorable to the future of humanity. CC BY-SA 4.0 Future Generations Future rights Winter, Christoph Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/in-dubio-pro-futura/ raw object