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minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoLongtermists try to justify their actions by invoking potential, future generations. Those don’t exist either.
minus-squareretrieval4558linkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThey’re presuming that people will exist, which is not a wild assumption But that’s not a philosophy I particularly subscribe to so I don’t feel compelled to explain or defend it further.
Longtermists try to justify their actions by invoking potential, future generations. Those don’t exist either.
They’re presuming that people will exist, which is not a wild assumption
But that’s not a philosophy I particularly subscribe to so I don’t feel compelled to explain or defend it further.