I wrote a post about Kantian moral philosophy and (human) extinction risk. Summary:
The deontologist in me thinks human extinction would be very bad for three reasons:
We’d be failing in our duty to humanity itself (55% confidence).
We’d be failing in our duty to all those who have worked for a better future (70% confidence).
We’d be failing in our duty to those wild animals whose only hope for better lives rests on future human technology (35% confidence).
I wrote a post about Kantian moral philosophy and (human) extinction risk. Summary:
The deontologist in me thinks human extinction would be very bad for three reasons:
We’d be failing in our duty to humanity itself (55% confidence).
We’d be failing in our duty to all those who have worked for a better future (70% confidence).
We’d be failing in our duty to those wild animals whose only hope for better lives rests on future human technology (35% confidence).