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Population ethics
Repugnant conclusion
Person-affecting views
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Ethics of existential risk
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Minimalist extended very repugnant conclusions are the least repugnant
Teo Ajantaival
1mo
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Talk - 'Caring for the Far Future'
Yadav
11d
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My (Lazy) Longtermism FAQ
Devin Kalish
1mo
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Jane English on Rawls and duties to future generations
William D'Alessandro
1mo
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Confused about "making people happy" vs. "making happy people"
tobiasleenaert
5mo
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The Repugnant Conclusion Isn't
AppliedDivinityStudies
3mo
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Confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion - results from a small survey
Vasco Grilo
2mo
2
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The repugnant conclusion is not a problem for the total view
Luca Stocco
4mo
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What is your confidence in the premises of the Repugnant Conclusion?
Vasco Grilo
3mo
8
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What We Owe the Past
Austin
7mo
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The standard person-affecting view doesn't solve the Repugnant Conclusion.
RedStateBlueState
3mo
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If you could 2x the number of future humans by reducing the QALYs per person by half, would you choose to do it? Why or why not?
Parmest Roy
2mo
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Transcript of a talk on The non-identity problem by Derek Parfit at EAGxOxford 2016
james
6mo
4
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A longtermist critique of “The expected value of extinction risk reduction is positive”
antimonyanthony
1y
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Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
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Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
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Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
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The person-affecting value of existential risk reduction
Gregory Lewis
4y
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