I do believe that future people do have moral value and deserve ethical consideration. The fundamental problem with longtermism, like with utilitarianism, is o

I do believe that future people do have moral value and deserve ethical consideration. The fundamental problem with longtermism, like with utilitarianism, is our limited capacity to understand and predict chaotic systems. Thus justifying horrific acts in the name of some "predicted good" becomes an act of enormous hubris. We are better off striving to act virtously towards utilitarianism towards utilitarian / longtermist goals since that reduces the chances that a misprediction leads to our acts having a net negative result. The underlying valuation is