Pessimism about the future
Many, probably most, people are optimists about the future, believing that the extinction of sentient life on earth would be, overall, bad. This paper suggests that pessimism about the future is no less reasonable than optimism. The argument rests on the possibility of ‘discontinuities’ in value, in...
Prif Awdur: | Crisp, R |
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Fformat: | Journal article |
Iaith: | English |
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Wiley
2023
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Eitemau Tebyg
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