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It mentions directly the idea that: > a “small misstep for mankind,” however terrible a “massacre for man” it might otherwise be. and > You ought to care equ
by gregmuellegger 5y ago
It mentions directly the idea that:
> a “small misstep for mankind,” however terrible a “massacre for man” it might otherwise be.
and
> You ought to care equally about people no matter when they exist, whether today, next year, or in a couple billion years henceforth
This means that there is put value on unborn, potentially possible lifes. And then you can start weighing these lifes against currently living humans. And then it becomes perfectly reasonable to perform genocide on impaired, or poor people as this would free up resources to focus on colonizing the solar system.
I think this is a particular counter argument where this kind of weighting human lifes becomes a bad idea. Especially when comparing current actual living, breathing humans against potential future beeings. This absolutely neglects the needs of current humans, with all their human rights to be able to get the share in the world they require to live in dignity.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThis kind of weighing is inevitable and we see it everyday. We are sacrificing current GDP to mitigate climate change for the benefit of future generations. Countries invest real dollars today in their infrastructure that will benefit the unborn. If not for the value of future human life, perhaps we should crank up CO2 production and go out with one hell of a party. We might be able to minimize the impact to most people living today if we double our fossil fuel use. Replace the green new deal with a huge party fund.