Alright, let’s imagine that I was creating copies of myself for whatever reason:
In the present, I feel equal self-altruism towards all future identical copies of myself .
However, the moment a copy of myself is made, each copy will treat the other as a separate individual (with the regular old fashioned altruism one might have towards someone exactly like oneself, rather than future-self-altruism).
Alright, let’s imagine that I was creating copies of myself for whatever reason:
In the present, I feel equal self-altruism towards all future identical copies of myself .
However, the moment a copy of myself is made, each copy will treat the other as a separate individual (with the regular old fashioned altruism one might have towards someone exactly like oneself, rather than future-self-altruism).