(ii) Society currently privileges those who live today above those who will live in the future; and
(iii) We should take action to rectify that, and help ensure the long-run future goes well.
Do you mean Necessitarians wouldn’t accept (iii) of the above? Necessitarians will agree with (ii) and deny (iii). (Not sure if this is what you were referring to).
I’m sympathetic to Necessitarianism, but I don’t know how fringe it is. It strikes me as the most philosophically defensible population axiology that rejects long-termism which leans me towards thinking the definition shouldn’t fall foul of it. (I think Hilary’s suggestion would fall foul of it, but yours would not).
Do you mean Necessitarians wouldn’t accept (iii) of the above? Necessitarians will agree with (ii) and deny (iii). (Not sure if this is what you were referring to).
I’m sympathetic to Necessitarianism, but I don’t know how fringe it is. It strikes me as the most philosophically defensible population axiology that rejects long-termism which leans me towards thinking the definition shouldn’t fall foul of it. (I think Hilary’s suggestion would fall foul of it, but yours would not).