Tristan D comments on Is the Far Future Irrelevant for Moral Decision-Making?

[Tristan D]

So i order to justify longtermism in particular, you have to point out proposed policies that are a lot less sensible seeming, and rely on a lot less certainty.

If you’re referring to the first point I would reword this to:

In order to justify longtermism in particular, you have to point out proposed policies that can’t be justified by drawing on the near future.