Peter Singer on Longtermism
- 2024-09-08 (modified: 2025-07-24)
Peter Singer on Longtermism:
We should think about the long-term future and we ought to try to reduce risks of extinction. Where I disagree with some effective altruists is how dominant longtermism should become in the movement. We need some balance between reducing the extinction risks and making the world a better place now. We shouldn’t negate our present problems or our relatively short-term future, not least because we can have much higher confidence that we can help people in these timeframes. Though the lives of people in the future aren’t of any less value, how we can best help people millennia from now is uncertain. —Philosopher Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’
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