Animals and Longtermism

World Futures (forthcoming)
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Abstract

Longtermism should not be wrongly defined as the view that we should act so that the future is as good as possible for human beings and their descendants; rather, longtermists should be concerned with what the long-term future may be like for all sentient beings. This includes nonhuman animals, as different risks of future suffering may afflict them. Indifference toward their interests could lead to the worsening of their use as resources, quantitatively and qualitatively. It could also help expand wild animal suffering, a process that may have already begun.

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Oscar Horta
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Mat Rozas
Syracuse University

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