{"id":743888,"date":"2022-12-19T15:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=743888"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T19:17:05","slug":"longtermism-why-the-million-year-philosophy-cant-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=743888","title":{"rendered":"'Longtermism'\u2014why the million-year philosophy can't be ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name “longtermism” to describe the idea “that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral priority of our time.” The label took off among like-minded philosophers and members of the “effective altruism” movement, which sets out to use evidence and reason to determine how individuals can best help the world.
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