Neartermism

Quick meaning: Neartermism is a noun meaning (ethics, philosophy) An ethical theory which prioritizes improving the conditions of the present and near future, rather than thinking about the distant future (as in longtermism).

Meaning

(ethics, philosophy) An ethical theory which prioritizes improving the conditions of the present and near future, rather than thinking about the distant future (as in longtermism).

Example Sentences

Longtermists are in daily conversation with neartermists. It’s a red herring to argue that “abandoning what would most help people on Earth today isn’t exactly ethically sound.”

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” […] This question is like an inflection point between neartermism and longtermism. MacAskill cites the philosopher Derek Parfit, whose ideas about population ethics in his 1984 book “Reasons and Persons” have been influential in E.A.

Antonyms for neartermism

Common opposites include longtermism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include longtermism, presentism, personism, sentimentalism, relativism, contingentism.

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