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Moral philosophy
Moral uncertainty
Metaethics
Debunking argument
Bernard Williams
83 posts
Utilitarianism
Aging research
Wellbeing
Normative ethics
Hedonism
Classical utilitarianism
Introspective hedonism
Jeremy Bentham
Other moral theories
John Stuart Mill
35
New blog: Some doubts about effective altruism
David Thorstad
4h
5
10
Should we discount future people in proportion to the probability of them not existing?
Joseph Lemien
3d
3
3
List of reasons to discount the welfare of future generations
freedomandutility
3d
4
16
Consequentialism does not endorse frauding-to-give
Jasper Meyer
13d
9
26
Righting past wrongs by recovering past lives via simulation
MaxRa
1mo
19
92
Person-affecting intuitions can often be money pumped
Rohin Shah
5mo
72
111
Puzzles for Everyone
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
38
26
A Newcomer's Critique of EA - Underprioritizing Systems Change?
Sam Battis
1mo
10
4
What would power-seeking, misaligned AGI actually do?
Kiel Brennan-Marquez
10d
1
1
Utilitarianism is the only option
aelwood
17d
3
106
Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
levin
4mo
21
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In (Praise?) of Ineffective Altuism
Edward Farrelly
1mo
6
7
Against population ethics
jasoncrawford
4mo
21
13
Success Maximization: An Alternative to Expected Utility Theory and a Generalization of Maxipok to Moral Uncertainty
Mahendra Prasad
24d
3
40
Saving Lives vs Creating Lives
Richard Y Chappell
5d
17
24
Four Quotes on Preference Utilitarianism
Maximilian Schlederer
2mo
14
12
EA criticism contest: Why I am not an effective altruist
ErikHoel
4mo
23
59
Punching Utilitarians in the Face
AppliedDivinityStudies
5mo
30
10
Valuing lives instrumentally leads to uncomfortable conclusions
Karthik Tadepalli
3mo
16
24
Against meta-ethical hedonism
Joe_Carlsmith
18d
2
18
What do you think is the probability of ethical hedonism being true?
Vasco Grilo
2mo
6
6
Maybe Utilitarianism Is More Usefully A Theory For Deciding Between Other Ethical Theories
Jordan Arel
1mo
3
28
On the Philosophical Foundations of EA
mm6
3mo
9
1
EA is not based in Utilitarianism. Stop saying it is.
Bary Levi
1mo
2
52
Buddhism and Utilitarianism; EA vs EB
Richard Y Chappell
6mo
14
51
Other-centered ethics and Harsanyi's Aggregation Theorem
Holden Karnofsky
10mo
11
39
New Guest Essays on Hedonism [Utilitarianism.net]
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
5
12
Two Types of Average Utilitarianism
RedStateBlueState
3mo
4