From the perspective of the process of civilization as the embodiment of human cultural evolution (moral evolution toward prosociality), concern about long-term altruism becomes unnecessary. All human problems will be solved if we remain constant in a culture of controlling aggression and fostering the altruistic personality (empathy and the rational development of an economy based on altruism).
Whether this will lead to the voluntary self-extinction of humanity in the long run or whether it will lead us down the path of transhumanism to “become like gods” is something we should not worry about today. If you want authentic “effective altruism,” take the path of virtue ethics and avoid getting into the dead ends of the dilemmas inherent in utilitarianism and deontology.
From the perspective of the process of civilization as the embodiment of human cultural evolution (moral evolution toward prosociality), concern about long-term altruism becomes unnecessary. All human problems will be solved if we remain constant in a culture of controlling aggression and fostering the altruistic personality (empathy and the rational development of an economy based on altruism).
Whether this will lead to the voluntary self-extinction of humanity in the long run or whether it will lead us down the path of transhumanism to “become like gods” is something we should not worry about today. If you want authentic “effective altruism,” take the path of virtue ethics and avoid getting into the dead ends of the dilemmas inherent in utilitarianism and deontology.