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Introspective hedonism
Jeremy Bentham
Classical utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
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
6
Maybe Utilitarianism Is More Usefully A Theory For Deciding Between Other Ethical Theories
Jordan Arel
1mo
3
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
12
Two Types of Average Utilitarianism
RedStateBlueState
3mo
4
20
Why I Hope (Certain) Hedonic Utilitarians Don't Control the Long-term Future
Jared_Riggs
4mo
5
8
Avoiding the demandingness of total welfarism with rights-based discounted welfarism
Stijn
4mo
2
4
Does Utilitarian Longtermism Imply Directed Panspermia?
Ahrenbach
2y
16
12
Why did I misunderstand utilitarianism so badly?
Eleni_A
5mo
1
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
28
On the Philosophical Foundations of EA
mm6
3mo
9
39
New Guest Essays on Hedonism [Utilitarianism.net]
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
5
5
Some non-utilitarian readings
banon
1mo
1
21
History of the theory of well-being
davidhartsough
6mo
8
16
Podcast: Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on metaethics and utilitarianism
Gus Docker
2y
4
20
Book Review: Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham
ketchupduck
1y
0
2
[Paper]: Artificial Intelligence in Life Extension: from Deep Learning to Superintelligence
turchin
4y
1
27
Impact of aging research besides LEV
Emanuele_Ascani
3y
11
3
Arguing for utilitarianism
Omnizoid
1y
2
38
What is a neutral life like?
Jack Malde
8mo
10
8
LW4EA: How to Be Happy
Jeremy
6mo
0
34
Experientialist Theories of Well-Being
andzuck
1y
0