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Human Extinction and Our Obligations to the Past

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Authors

Beard, Simon 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pOn certain plausible views, if humanity were to unanimously decide to cause its own extinction, this would not be wrong, since there is no one whom this act would wrong. We argue this is incorrect. Causing human extinction would still wrong someone; namely, our forebears who sacrificed life, limb and livelihood for the good of posterity, and whose sacrifices would be made less morally worthwhile by this heinous act.</jats:p>

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Keywords

5003 Philosophy, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, Genetics

Journal Title

Utilitas

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Journal ISSN

0953-8208
1741-6183

Volume Title

32

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) (177155)