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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
153
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
101
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
94
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
GiveWell
7mo
5
86
Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE) FAQ
EdisonY
1y
23
80
Cause prioritization for downside-focused value systems
Lukas_Gloor
4y
10
69
Minimalist axiologies and positive lives
Teo Ajantaival
1y
13
67
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
67
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
55
[Crosspost] Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering: A Neglected Priority
Bob Jacobs
6y
1
51
The unthinkable urgency of suffering
Aaron Bergman
1y
9
49
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
42
some concerns with classical utilitarianism
nil
2y
17
39
EA reading list: suffering-focused ethics
richard_ngo
2y
3
37
Scott Alexander – Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Tessa
8y
3
229
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
114
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
97
Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
0
88
Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.
deanspears
1y
16
85
Against neutrality about creating happy lives
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
38
79
Minimalist extended very repugnant conclusions are the least repugnant
Teo Ajantaival
1mo
0
79
Shelly Kagan - readings for Ethics and the Future seminar (spring 2021)
james
1y
7
71
Confused about "making people happy" vs. "making happy people"
tobiasleenaert
5mo
46
57
Descriptive Population Ethics and Its Relevance for Cause Prioritization
David_Althaus
4y
9
56
The person-affecting value of existential risk reduction
Gregory Lewis
4y
35
54
Why do you find the Repugnant Conclusion repugnant?
Will Bradshaw
1y
63
53
What We Owe the Past
Austin
7mo
19
48
Spears & Budolfson, 'Repugnant conclusions'
Pablo
1y
15