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Do we have an interest in our survival as a species? Would it be a bad thing if humans went extinct? I can see why it would be bad if, say, all of the humans on earth were killed. But suppose instead that everyone simply decided not to have kids, so that our numbers eventually dwindled to zero. Would that be bad?
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April 18, 2013

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Gabriel Segal
April 27, 2013 (changed April 27, 2013) Permalink

Do we have an interest in our survival as a species? Would it be a bad thing for whom if humans went extinct? Who are we? We humans as a species? Or just all living humans?

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