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LONGTERMISM: Why You Should Care About Future People
The Next Big Idea
Do You Care About People More Just Because They're Closer to You?
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Peter Singer wrote an essay in 1972 that changed the course of his life. He asked whether we should care about people more just because they're closer to us. David Frum says he's never heard a compelling counter-argument for this idea. But it seems practical limitations get in the way far before philosophical question kicks in, he says.
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