Longtermism
Gives substantial importance to how present decisions affect the long-run future. Strong versions argue that improving that future should dominate choices in many important decision contexts, rather than being only one consideration among others.
Reference boundary: The core moral-scope axis is not a direct measure of temporal scope. Caring about future people does not establish the stronger claim that their interests should dominate present decisions.
Foundational doctrines
- Moral concern for future generations
- Long-run consequences
- Catastrophic-risk prevention
Disagreement and variation
Very uncertain forecasts can overwhelm urgent, well-established needs if distant possibilities receive excessive weight. Longtermists disagree about population ethics, risk, institutional power, and the strength of obligations to future people.
Numerical positions in the interactive model are editorial reference estimates, not scientifically validated measurements.