It only definitely follows from humans being net negative in expectation that we should try to make humans go extinct if you are both a full utilitarian and ânaiveâ about it, i.e. prepared to break usually sacrosanct moral rules when you personally judge that to be likely to have the best consequences, something which most utilitarians take to be likely to usually result in bad consequences and therefore to be discouraged. Another way to describe âmake humanity more likely to go extinctâ is âmurder more people than all the worst dictators in history combinedâ. That is the sort of thing that is going to be look like a prime candidate for âdo not do this, even if it has the best consequencesâ on non-utilitarian moral views. And itâs also obviously breaking standard moral rules.
It only definitely follows from humans being net negative in expectation that we should try to make humans go extinct if you are both a full utilitarian and ânaiveâ about it, i.e. prepared to break usually sacrosanct moral rules when you personally judge that to be likely to have the best consequences, something which most utilitarians take to be likely to usually result in bad consequences and therefore to be discouraged. Another way to describe âmake humanity more likely to go extinctâ is âmurder more people than all the worst dictators in history combinedâ. That is the sort of thing that is going to be look like a prime candidate for âdo not do this, even if it has the best consequencesâ on non-utilitarian moral views. And itâs also obviously breaking standard moral rules.