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Longtermism is the ethical view that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority. It is an important concept in effective altruism and a primary motivation for efforts that aim to reduce existential risks to humanity.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longtermism | is a | ethical view that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority | 0.90 | text |
| randomized controlled trials to analyze existential risks | instance of | Because it is generally infeasible to use traditional research techniques | 0.80 | text |
| researchers such as Nick Bostrom have used methods such as expert opinion elicitation to estimate their importance | instance of | Because it is generally infeasible to use traditional research techniques | 0.80 | text |
| Derek Parfit in his 1984 book Reasons | instance of | These ideas have re-emerged in contemporary thought with thinkers | 0.80 | text |
| Persons | instance of | These ideas have re-emerged in contemporary thought with thinkers | 0.80 | text |
| and Jonathan Schell in his 1982 book The Fate of the Earth | instance of | These ideas have re-emerged in contemporary thought with thinkers | 0.80 | text |
| utilitarianism may generally be sympathetic to longtermism since whatever the theory considers morally valuable | instance of | Consequentialist moral theories | 0.80 | text |
| there is likely going to be much more of it in the future than in the present.However | instance of | Consequentialist moral theories | 0.80 | text |
| other non-consequentialist moral frameworks may also inspire longtermism | instance of | Consequentialist moral theories | 0.80 | text |
| Longtermism | has effect | In | 0.60 | section |
| Longtermism | has effect | What We Owe | 0.60 | section |
| Longtermism | has effect | Future | 0.60 | section |
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