Why MacAskill Is Wrong about What We Owe the Future
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
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Atu philosophy professor william mcaskell has quickly become noteworthy as the gue of the effective altruism momen. This movement supposedly applies a rational, data driven perspective to selecting charitable causes that do the most good. In his latest book, what we owe the future, mcaskell claims that true, effective altruists pay careful attention to the welfare of the people of the distant fture. Do we have obligations to people in the distant future? Should we be concerned about the kinds of future doomsday scenarios? Mechanical conjectures, rule by artificial intelligence, global nuclear war, environmental catastrophe? What does mcasco's latest book reveal about the premises of theeffective altruist movement
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