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Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good.

Drawn from what William MacAskill said

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  1. William MacAskill

    Philosopher at Oxford who co-founded Giving What We Can

    But I don’t claim you should always maximize the good, no matter the self-sacrifice, and no matter what means are involved.

    Where this was said

    ↗Introducing Better Futuresforethought.org

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