Longtermism

20/08/2025 1h 17min Episodio 24
Longtermism

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Episode 24 - Longtermism
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J. discuss the philosophical theory of longtermism, that we should take the interests of hypothetical future people as seriously as existing people.
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Show Notes:
An Introduction to Longtermism
Are Children The Future?: Longtermism, Pronatalism, and Epistemic Discounting - J. Hughes
The toxic ideology of longtermism - Alice Crary
Longtermist Political Philosophy: An Agenda for Future Research - Jacob Barrett and Andreas T. Schmidt
 

Credits:
Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits
Music & Production by Jake Burley