How would your views change (if at all) if you thought it was likely that there are intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe that “are responsive to moral reasons and moral argument” (quote from your book)? Or if you thought it’s likely that, if humans suffer an existential catastrophe, other such beings would evolve on Earth later, with enough time to potentially colonise the stars?
Do your thoughts on these matters depend somewhat on your thoughts on moral realism vs antirealism/subjectivism?
How would your views change (if at all) if you thought it was likely that there are intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe that “are responsive to moral reasons and moral argument” (quote from your book)? Or if you thought it’s likely that, if humans suffer an existential catastrophe, other such beings would evolve on Earth later, with enough time to potentially colonise the stars?
Do your thoughts on these matters depend somewhat on your thoughts on moral realism vs antirealism/subjectivism?