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S-risk
Suffering-focused ethics
Review crosspost
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Carl Shulman
Instrumental vs. epistemic rationality
Brian Tomasik
Evidence Action
Dispensers for Safe Water
55 posts
Population ethics
Ethics of existential risk
Repugnant conclusion
Person-affecting views
Total view
96
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
23
[TikTok] Comparability between suffering and happiness
Ben_West
3mo
11
34
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
8
Question about terminology for lesser X-risks and S-risks
Laura Leighton
4mo
4
51
Minimalist axiologies and positive lives
Teo Ajantaival
1y
13
82
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
15
Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?
Teo Ajantaival
3y
11
72
Cause prioritization for downside-focused value systems
Lukas_Gloor
4y
10
1
Curing past sufferings and preventing s-risks via indexical uncertainty
turchin
4y
18
41
Carl Shulman — How are brain mass (and neurons) distributed among humans and the major farmed land animals?
Tessa
9y
0
8
Why s-risks are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
Max_Daniel
5y
1
19
Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season
GiveWell
3y
4
15
Scott Alexander – A Modest Proposal
Zach Stein-Perlman
14y
4
40
Risk factors for s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
3y
3
175
Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
39
213
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
114
66
Confused about "making people happy" vs. "making happy people"
tobiasleenaert
5mo
46
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Will longtermists self-efface
Noah Scales
4mo
23
44
The Repugnant Conclusion Isn't
AppliedDivinityStudies
3mo
24
28
My (Lazy) Longtermism FAQ
Devin Kalish
1mo
6
7
A critique of strong longtermism
Pablo Rosado
3mo
11
16
What is your confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion?
Vasco Grilo
3mo
8
31
The repugnant conclusion is not a problem for the total view
Luca Stocco
4mo
11
12
Jane English on Rawls and duties to future generations
William D'Alessandro
1mo
3
40
Are You Sure You Want To Donate To The Against Malaria Foundation?
MichaelPlant
6y
48
16
The standard person-affecting view doesn't solve the Repugnant Conclusion.
RedStateBlueState
3mo
6
1
Population Ethics Meets Genetic Enhancement
Parrhesia
2mo
4
19
Confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion - results from a small survey
Vasco Grilo
2mo
2