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Suffering-focused ethics
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Instrumental vs. epistemic rationality
24 posts
S-risk
Review crosspost
Carl Shulman
Brian Tomasik
Evidence Action
Dispensers for Safe Water
101
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
15
[TikTok] Comparability between suffering and happiness
Ben_West
3mo
11
69
Minimalist axiologies and positive lives
Teo Ajantaival
1y
13
31
Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?
Teo Ajantaival
3y
11
80
Cause prioritization for downside-focused value systems
Lukas_Gloor
4y
10
42
some concerns with classical utilitarianism
nil
2y
17
8
Do not go gentle: why the Asymmetry does not support anti-natalism
Global Priorities Institute
1y
0
51
The unthinkable urgency of suffering
Aaron Bergman
1y
9
13
Exploring a Logarithmic Tolerance of Suffering
David Reber
1y
3
10
Ex ante prioritarianism and negative-leaning utilitarianism do not override individual interests
MichaelStJules
3y
13
10
Online Working / Community Meetup for the Abolition of Suffering
Ruth_Fr.
7mo
0
153
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
5
Historical experience and links to subjective happiness
Arno
1mo
0
12
Morality vs related concepts
MichaelA
2y
2
49
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
11
Question about terminology for lesser X-risks and S-risks
Laura Leighton
4mo
4
67
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
1
Curing past sufferings and preventing s-risks via indexical uncertainty
turchin
4y
18
25
Carl Shulman — How are brain mass (and neurons) distributed among humans and the major farmed land animals?
Tessa
9y
0
6
Why s-risks are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
Max_Daniel
5y
1
17
Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season
GiveWell
3y
4
11
Scott Alexander – A Modest Proposal
Zach Stein-Perlman
14y
4
36
Risk factors for s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
3y
3
14
Brian Tomasik – Reasons to Be Nice to Other Value Systems
Tessa
8y
0
6
Carl Shulman – How migration liberalization might eliminate most absolute poverty
Tessa
8y
0
31
A typology of s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
4y
1
6
Scott Alexander – Axiology, Morality, Law
Tessa
6y
0
32
S-risk FAQ
Tobias_Baumann
5y
8