This paper examines how to satisfy “independence of the utilities of the dead” (Blackorby et al. in Econometrica 63:1303–1320, <CitationRef CitationID="CR4">1995</CitationRef>; Bommier and Zuber in Soc Choice Welf 31:415–434, <CitationRef CitationID="CR5">2008</CitationRef>) in the class of “expected equally distributed equivalent” social orderings (Fleurbaey in J Polit...</citationref></citationref>

How to evaluate and compare social prospects when there may be a risk on i) the actual allocation people will receive; ii) the existence of these future people; and iii) their preferences? This paper investigate this question that may arise when considering policies that endogenously affect future...