High Risk, Low Reward: A Challenge to the Astronomical Value of Existential Risk Mitigation

Philosophy and Public Affairs 51 (4):373-412 (2023)
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Philosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 373-412, Fall 2023.

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Reasons and Persons.Derek Parfit - 1984 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Famine, affluence, and morality.Peter Singer - 1972 - Philosophy and Public Affairs 1 (3):229-243.

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