Longtermism
Ethical framework prioritizing long-term future and potential people. MacAskill, Ord: most value lies in future; we should optimize for it. Existential risk reduction is paramount. Expected value of future humanity is vast. Critique: neglects present suffering for hypothetical futures. Utilitarian framework favoring quantity over quality. Applied to AI safety, space colonization, civilization survival. Controversial population ethics and discounting. Tension between urgency and longtermism.
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