Kritik am Longtermismus

Longtermism is considered one of the most controversial philosophical positions of our time. It states that we must consider the interests of future generations and thus bear an enormous responsibility for the long-term future. In this video, we examine what is problematic and perhaps even dangerous about this. Advertisement 👉 You can find scripts, slides, dossiers & teaching materials for my video series here: https://payhip.com/EthikAbibyBOE 0:00 Review: Arguments for Longtermism 2:40 Criticism 3:36 Neglecting Current Problems 6:03 Uncertainty of the Future 7:11 The Non-Identity Problem 8:35 Repugnant Conclusion 9:51 Potential Misuse 11:27 Elitism 12:32 MacAskill's Rebuttals 15:03 My Own Opinion SOURCES 📚 Bostrom, Nick. 2009. The Future of Humanity. https://nickbostrom.com/papers/future Bostrom, Nick. 2013. Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority. https://existential-risk.com/concept Ferris, Tim. 2022. Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, AI, and How to Save the World.    • Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame ...   Fisher, Richard. 2023. What is long-termism and why do its critics think it is dangerous? https://www.newscientist.com/article/... Hossenfelder, Sabine. 2022. Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Their Plan?    • Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Thei...   https://backreaction.blogspot.com/202... ⭐️ MacAskill, William. 2023. What We Owe the Future. Siedler Verlag. Munich. https://www.buch7.de/produkt/was-wir-... Nordmann, Lia. 2021. Longtermism: A New Theory for the Future? https://www.philomag.de/artikel/longt... Singer, Peter. 2015. The Most Good You Can Do. Yale University Press. Yale. Image Sources Nick Bostrom. 2020. Future of Humanity Institute. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... William MacAskill. https://www.williammacaskill.com/ Steven Pinker in 2023 by Christopher Michel. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/St... Peter Singer. Alletta Vaandering. https://static1.squarespace.com/stati... All online sources were last accessed on January 5, 2026. Books marked with a ⭐️ are highly recommended on this topic. ... You can order the respective book directly via the affiliate links, and I receive a small commission. This way, you can support my channel and many other important projects without incurring any additional costs. https://www.buch7.de/store/partner/et... donates 75% of its profits to support social, cultural, and environmental projects, fully offsets all CO2 emissions, pays fair wages to its employees, creates local jobs, and pays its taxes in Germany. Thanks to fixed book pricing, you won't pay a cent more than with other providers. Thank you for your support ❤️!