That might be true of short-term population ethics, but conversely, in the long run most of the value of colonizing the galaxy (etc.) will come from the higher population it could support—unless you’re an average-utilitarian, in which case it is much less valuable.
That might be true of short-term population ethics, but conversely, in the long run most of the value of colonizing the galaxy (etc.) will come from the higher population it could support—unless you’re an average-utilitarian, in which case it is much less valuable.
That’s what I was saying. The potential long-term population outweighs the effects of short-term population.