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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
82
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
82
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
GiveWell
7mo
5
3
Historical experience and links to subjective happiness
Arno
1mo
0
23
[TikTok] Comparability between suffering and happiness
Ben_West
3mo
11
34
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
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Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE) FAQ
EdisonY
1y
23
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Minimalist axiologies and positive lives
Teo Ajantaival
1y
13
8
Question about terminology for lesser X-risks and S-risks
Laura Leighton
4mo
4
78
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
21
Why should we care about existential risk?
RedStateBlueState
8mo
7
103
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
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The unthinkable urgency of suffering
Aaron Bergman
1y
9
41
How can we reduce s-risks?
Tobias_Baumann
1y
3
213
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
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Minimalist extended very repugnant conclusions are the least repugnant
Teo Ajantaival
1mo
0
175
Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
39
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Talk - 'Caring for the Far Future'
Yadav
11d
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85
Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
0
28
My (Lazy) Longtermism FAQ
Devin Kalish
1mo
6
12
Jane English on Rawls and duties to future generations
William D'Alessandro
1mo
3
66
Confused about "making people happy" vs. "making happy people"
tobiasleenaert
5mo
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The Repugnant Conclusion Isn't
AppliedDivinityStudies
3mo
24
19
Confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion - results from a small survey
Vasco Grilo
2mo
2
31
The repugnant conclusion is not a problem for the total view
Luca Stocco
4mo
11
16
What is your confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion?
Vasco Grilo
3mo
8
56
What We Owe the Past
Austin
7mo
19
16
The standard person-affecting view doesn't solve the Repugnant Conclusion.
RedStateBlueState
3mo
6