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Can you elaborate?

• throwaway422432 1y ago
  Long-termism is essentially a utilitarian doctrine, but uses the "total utilitarianism" method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_and_total_utilitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_and_total_utilitariani... Take that moral position and then extend the calculation to cover all potential generations of humans to come, and the value of maximising your utility now is infinitely small.