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Moral philosophy
Utilitarianism
Moral uncertainty
Metaethics
Aging research
Wellbeing
Normative ethics
Hedonism
Classical utilitarianism
Other moral theories
Introspective hedonism
Jeremy Bentham
123 posts
Philosophy of effective altruism
Fanaticism
Altruistic motivation
Altruistic wager
Expected value
Decision theory
Definition of effective altruism
Pascal's mugging
Competitive debating
Excited vs. obligatory altruism
Infinite ethics
Forum Review
222
Killing the ants
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
13
133
Scope-sensitive ethics: capturing the core intuition motivating utilitarianism
richard_ngo
1y
19
110
Puzzles for Everyone
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
38
98
The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe (Summary)
Linch
3y
11
91
Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
levin
4mo
21
88
Launching Utilitarianism.net: An Introductory Online Textbook on Utilitarianism
Darius_M
2y
27
83
Stress - effective ways to reduce it
Ben Williamson
12mo
22
78
The Strange Shortage of Moral Optimizers
Richard Y Chappell
6mo
26
74
New book: Moral Uncertainty by MacAskill, Ord & Bykvist
frankieaw
2y
2
74
What Is Moral Realism?
Lukas_Gloor
4y
26
69
Doubts about Track Record Arguments for Utilitarianism
Erich_Grunewald
10mo
16
65
Why SENS makes sense
Emanuele_Ascani
2y
51
64
Person-affecting intuitions can often be money pumped
Rohin Shah
5mo
72
62
On the limits of idealized values
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
9
430
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
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
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
102
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
93
On infinite ethics
Joe_Carlsmith
10mo
24
89
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
84
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
80
Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately
EliezerYudkowsky
2y
1
75
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
69
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
63
Wholehearted choices and "morality as taxes"
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
7