Relevant reading: gwern’s The Narrowing Circle. He makes the important point that moral circles have actually narrowed in various ways, and also that it never feels that way because the things outside the circle don’t seem to matter anymore. Two straightforward examples are gods and our dead ancestors.
Relevant reading: gwern’s The Narrowing Circle. He makes the important point that moral circles have actually narrowed in various ways, and also that it never feels that way because the things outside the circle don’t seem to matter anymore. Two straightforward examples are gods and our dead ancestors.
Great article, can strongly recommend. Hadn’t read it before and got quite a bit of value out of it.