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Philosophy of effective altruism
Jeff McMahan
29 posts
Altruistic motivation
Definition of effective altruism
Excited vs. obligatory altruism
Forum Review
Effective altruism
Style guide
Cosmopolitanism
128
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
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103
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
117
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
44
All moral decisions in life are on a heavy-tailed distribution
Max Görlitz
5mo
6
107
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
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What is Intersectionality Theory? What does it mean for EA?
John Bridge
8mo
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48
Is the current definition of EA not representative of hits-based giving?
Venkatesh
1y
14
73
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
71
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
15
Philosophy event series introducing EA at the University of Zurich
Dario Citrini
11mo
0
37
Toby Ord: Selected quotations on existential risk
Aaron Gertler
2y
0
13
The Harsanyi-Rawls debate: political philosophy as decision theory under uncertainty
Ramiro
1y
3
22
The world is full of wasted motion
Neel Nanda
2y
2
8
Are many EAs philosophical pragmatists?
rorty
1y
7
164
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
51
Internationalism is a key value in EA
freedomandutility
4mo
15
86
'Beneficentrism', by Richard Yetter Chappell
Pablo
7mo
12
23
My favourite motivator for longtermism
Jack Malde
2mo
1
60
[Link] Luke Muehlhauser: Effective Altruism As I See It
Aryeh Englander
6mo
4
102
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
30
The Emotional Case For Longtermism
Simon Bazelon
8mo
3
11
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Improving general public’s altruistic decision-making
ThangTran
3mo
0
38
Decade Review update: posts need 1 review to advance
JP Addison
11mo
0
63
Wholehearted choices and "morality as taxes"
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
7
114
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
19
Abundance and scarcity; working forwards and working backwards
quinn
10mo
1
56
Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately
EliezerYudkowsky
2y
1
47
Choosing the Zero Point
orthonormal
2y
2