What We Owe The Future /
MacAskill, William, 1987-
What We Owe The Future / William MacAskill. - First Trade Paperback Edition. - xiii, 339 pages ; 21 cm illustration :
The fate of the world – and the future – is in our hands. Now with a new foreword, What We Owe the Future argues for longtermism: that positively influencing the distant future is our time’s key moral priority. It’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert a pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital.
9781541618626 9781541604032
2023300144
Altruism.
Civilization, Modern--Forecasting.
Future, The.
Human beings--Forecasting.
Human beings--Extinction.
Humanistic ethics.
BJ1474 / .M33 2023
What We Owe The Future / William MacAskill. - First Trade Paperback Edition. - xiii, 339 pages ; 21 cm illustration :
The fate of the world – and the future – is in our hands. Now with a new foreword, What We Owe the Future argues for longtermism: that positively influencing the distant future is our time’s key moral priority. It’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert a pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital.
9781541618626 9781541604032
2023300144
Altruism.
Civilization, Modern--Forecasting.
Future, The.
Human beings--Forecasting.
Human beings--Extinction.
Humanistic ethics.
BJ1474 / .M33 2023