• retrieval4558@mander.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    They are not related because you have to exist to experience well-being or “bad-being”. What I’m talking about is consenting to exist.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
      4·
      1 year ago

      Longtermists try to justify their actions by invoking potential, future generations. Those don’t exist either.

      • retrieval4558@mander.xyz
        1·
        1 year ago

        They’re presuming that people will exist, which is not a wild assumption

        But that’s not a philosophy I particularly subscribe to so I don’t feel compelled to explain or defend it further.