What we owe the future : (Record no. 22017)
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| fixed length control field | 01549nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780861546138 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 171.8 |
| Item number | MAC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | MacAskill, William |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What we owe the future : |
| Sub Title | a million-year view / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | William MacAskill |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Oneworld Publications, |
| Year of publication | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vii, 335 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I. The Long View: The case for longtermism<br/>You can shape the course of history<br/>Part II. Trajectory Changes: Moral change<br/>Value lock-in<br/>Part III. Safeguarding Civilisation: Extinction<br/>Collapse<br/>Stagnation<br/>Part IV. Assessing the End of the World: Is it good to make happy people?<br/>Will the future be good or bad?<br/>Part V. Taking Action: What to do |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "We are remarkably early in the story of human civilization. We are still five hundred million years away from the sterilization of the Earth by the Sun, and one hundred trillion years away from the dying of the last stars. Leaving a shard of broken glass on the ground may harm someone tomorrow or one hundred thousand years hence. Our duty of care to each of those individuals is the same. Positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. This is the idea fueling a burgeoning movement of longtermist thinkers: it explains why Elon Musk is trying to colonise Mars and why Jeff Bezos spent"--Publisher's description |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | Future life Future |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | Human beings |
| General subdivision | Forecasting |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | Social prediction |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | S Campus | 11/19/2022 | Professional Book Services | 499.00 | 12.11.2022 | 171.8 MAC | 46725 | 11/19/2022 | Books |
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