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What We Owe the Future

What We Owe the Future

William MacAskill
2022
T3 344 pages · about 5h 44m to read OL27138977Wgoodreads

MacAskill's longtermist argument, grounded in effective altruism, is the most rigorous philosophical case for prioritizing future people. His core claim — that if the future contains vast numbers of people, influencing its trajectory matters more than almost anything we might do for the present — is informed by Derek Parfit's work on personal identity and is the most demanding version of the long-term thinking argument.

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