Anthony Fleming

• Anthony FlemingMay 24, 2022, 1:57 AM

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  in reply to: PaulCousens’s comment on: Ar­gu­ments for Why Prevent­ing Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion is Wrong

  Great points. If you assume a negative utilitarian worldview, you can make strong arguments both for and against human extinction.

• Anthony FlemingMay 24, 2022, 1:53 AM

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  in reply to: stefan.torges’s comment on: Ar­gu­ments for Why Prevent­ing Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion is Wrong

  Thanks for these resources!

• Anthony FlemingMay 24, 2022, 1:52 AM

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  in reply to: Devin Kalish’s comment on: Ar­gu­ments for Why Prevent­ing Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion is Wrong

  What’s a Tomasikian suffering empathy exercise? I’m not familiar with that term.

• Anthony FlemingMay 24, 2022, 1:51 AM

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  in reply to: Question Mark’s comment on: Ar­gu­ments for Why Prevent­ing Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion is Wrong

  Good point, some of these arguments do contradict one another. I suppose if human extinction really were a good thing, it would be because of one or a few of these arguments, not all of them.

• Anthony FlemingMay 24, 2022, 1:46 AM

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  in reply to: Question Mark’s comment on: Ar­gu­ments for Why Prevent­ing Hu­man Ex­tinc­tion is Wrong

  Excellent point. Playing devil’s advocate, one might be skeptical that humanity is good enough to perform these “cosmic rescue missions”, either out of cruelty/​indifference or simply because we will never be advanced enough. Still, it’s a good concept to keep in mind.

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