The responsibility one generation feels towards the next is a common phenomenon, therefore, it is brought up in philosophical readings along with high fantasy novels. Like that of Roger Scruton’s How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for Environmental Conservatism and in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. In both of these, the need to feel responsible and therefore protect the future generations is brought up, both directly and indirectly. In Scruton, this idea is brought up blatantly through the works of eighteenth century philosopher Edmund Burke, who first shed light on this idea. The idea that the “living and the unborn” are carrying a level of “responsibility” for the future generations to come, this responsibility coming from “love” and the idea that what is “unknown” must come from something that is “known” (Scruton 215). Meaning that everything that the people of today are concerned with the future generations because of their awareness of what is possible and their own sense of responsibility because of it. The sense that they have a moral obligation to help the future generations to survive and thrive out of a love for one’s own generational line. Along the same lines, Tolkien introduces the character of Faramir that is the brother of Boromir, a character who has recently died, in book 5 of Lord of the Rings. Faramir makes a promise to help protect Frodo and Sam and to help them complete their journey. He agrees to this without fully knowing what their journey is, but he knows that his brother did so, so he will do the same. Once Sam blurts that the “Enemy’s Ring” and the destruction of it is their journey, Faramir continues to help them with even more assistance whenever they need (Tolkien Ⅱ, 665). This shows a similar sense of self responsibility towards future generations and through one’s own generation line. In this case, Faramir is aware of what his final fate might be, death like his brother’s, but he also realizes that what he is doing now will benefit the future generation immensely. He is putting his own self second, to the lives of those that exist and are yet to exist on Middle Earth. He also is continuing the journey that his brother, a member of his generational line, started which furthers the love for one’s own generational line, and the need for the success of it. All in all, responsibility for the next generation and the continuation of one’s generational line are recurring themes in literature including the works of Scruton and Tolkien.