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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
167
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
115
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
118
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
41
All moral decisions in life are on a heavy-tailed distribution
Max Görlitz
5mo
6
28
What is Intersectionality Theory? What does it mean for EA?
John Bridge
8mo
42
2
Effective vs Altruism
Liat Zvi
3mo
1
98
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
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Philosophy event series introducing EA at the University of Zurich
Dario Citrini
11mo
0
44
Is the current definition of EA not representative of hits-based giving?
Venkatesh
1y
14
74
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
0
Will Maskill Gave Up on Utilitarianism (and the rest of us are soon to follow)
johnburidan
5mo
5
9
Are many EAs philosophical pragmatists?
rorty
1y
7
70
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
12
The Harsanyi-Rawls debate: political philosophy as decision theory under uncertainty
Ramiro
1y
3
165
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
52
Internationalism is a key value in EA
freedomandutility
4mo
15
17
My favourite motivator for longtermism
Jack Malde
2mo
1
57
[Link] Luke Muehlhauser: Effective Altruism As I See It
Aryeh Englander
6mo
4
73
'Beneficentrism', by Richard Yetter Chappell
Pablo
7mo
12
93
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
10
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Improving general public’s altruistic decision-making
ThangTran
3mo
0
29
The Emotional Case For Longtermism
Simon Bazelon
8mo
3
3
Sleep loss leads to the withdrawal of human helping across individuals, groups, and large-scale societies
Akash Kulgod
3mo
0
3
Why bother doing the most good?
Dov
3mo
0
12
Why do you care?
anonymous1
7mo
7
29
Decade Review update: posts need 1 review to advance
JP Addison
11mo
0
63
Wholehearted choices and "morality as taxes"
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
7
108
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22