Why we should guarantee a not-so-bad world for future generations
I argue that when thinking about policies that might harm or benefit future people, we should place much more weight on worse consequences than on better ones. This follows from the fact that (I will argue) we ought to make decisions under the assumption that future people are very risk-averse. I explore the implications for some practical decisions, such as climate policy.
Date: 8 February 2019, 16:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Speaker: Lara Buchak (UC Berkeley)
Organising department: Faculty of Philosophy
Organisers: Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford), Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Organiser contact email address: gpi-office@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Global Priorities Institute (GPI) Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: James Aung