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Question: "Would you pay $1 to stop the torture of 1,000 African children whom you will never meet and who will never impact your life other than through this dollar?"
If the answer is yes then you care about people with whom you have no causal connection. Why does it matter if this lack of connection is due to time rather than space?
What if they answer "no" ? How would you convince them that "yes" is the better answer ?
Edit: see also here
If he answered no I would stop interacting with him. See here.