Well, I am attempting to claim here that there exists an objective moral code (moral realism) which applies to all agents—both those who care about the long term and those who don’t. Agents who mostly care about the short term will probably be more ethically challenged than agents who easily and naturally defer their gratification. But, in this thread at least, I’m arguing that both short-sighted and long-sighted agents confront the same objective moral code. So, I apparently need to appeal to some irreducible spookiness to justify that long-term bias.
Well, I am attempting to claim here that there exists an objective moral code (moral realism) which applies to all agents—both those who care about the long term and those who don’t. Agents who mostly care about the short term will probably be more ethically challenged than agents who easily and naturally defer their gratification. But, in this thread at least, I’m arguing that both short-sighted and long-sighted agents confront the same objective moral code. So, I apparently need to appeal to some irreducible spookiness to justify that long-term bias.