In Defense of Stakes-Sensitivity Do more good, all else equal TL;DR: Stakes-sensitive beneficence is compatible with individually-directed concern (even for future individuals—see fn 2). Also, we can have reasons to optimize that are decisive for good practical reasoning even if we do not call the resulting act a matter of “duty”. Good people are concerned to act well, not just to discharge their duties. In ‘The Case for Strong Longtermism’, Greaves & MacAskill appeal to what we may call the...