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Moral philosophy
Philosophy of effective altruism
Utilitarianism
Moral uncertainty
Fanaticism
Decision theory
Metaethics
Altruistic motivation
Altruistic wager
Aging research
Wellbeing
Expected value
154 posts
Population ethics
Suffering-focused ethics
S-risk
Center for Reducing Suffering
Education
Ethics of existential risk
Naive vs. sophisticated consequentialism
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Review crosspost
Repugnant conclusion
Moral advocacy
430
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
222
Killing the ants
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
13
206
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
166
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
133
Scope-sensitive ethics: capturing the core intuition motivating utilitarianism
richard_ngo
1y
19
132
A full syllabus on longtermism
jtm
1y
13
127
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
119
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
110
Puzzles for Everyone
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
38
102
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
98
The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe (Summary)
Linch
3y
11
93
On infinite ethics
Joe_Carlsmith
10mo
24
91
Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
levin
4mo
21
89
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
315
New book on s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
1mo
25
229
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
114
158
Integrity for consequentialists
Paul_Christiano
6y
19
153
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
142
A longtermist critique of “The expected value of extinction risk reduction is positive”
antimonyanthony
1y
10
141
Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
39
129
You Don't Need To Justify Everything
ThomasW
6mo
11
101
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
97
Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
0
94
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
GiveWell
7mo
5
88
Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.
deanspears
1y
16
86
Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE) FAQ
EdisonY
1y
23
85
Against neutrality about creating happy lives
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
38
83
Common ground for longtermists
Tobias_Baumann
2y
8