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Suffering-focused ethics
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Instrumental vs. epistemic rationality
24 posts
S-risk
Review crosspost
Carl Shulman
Brian Tomasik
Evidence Action
Dispensers for Safe Water
153
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
101
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
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
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
51
The unthinkable urgency of suffering
Aaron Bergman
1y
9
42
some concerns with classical utilitarianism
nil
2y
17
39
EA reading list: suffering-focused ethics
richard_ngo
2y
3
31
Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?
Teo Ajantaival
3y
11
15
[TikTok] Comparability between suffering and happiness
Ben_West
3mo
11
13
Exploring a Logarithmic Tolerance of Suffering
David Reber
1y
3
12
Morality vs related concepts
MichaelA
2y
2
10
Ex ante prioritarianism and negative-leaning utilitarianism do not override individual interests
MichaelStJules
3y
13
94
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
GiveWell
7mo
5
67
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
55
[Crosspost] Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering: A Neglected Priority
Bob Jacobs
6y
1
49
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
37
Scott Alexander – Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Tessa
8y
3
36
Risk factors for s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
3y
3
35
How can we reduce s-risks?
Tobias_Baumann
1y
3
32
S-risk FAQ
Tobias_Baumann
5y
8
31
A typology of s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
4y
1
25
Carl Shulman — How are brain mass (and neurons) distributed among humans and the major farmed land animals?
Tessa
9y
0
20
Why should we care about existential risk?
RedStateBlueState
8mo
7
17
Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season
GiveWell
3y
4
14
Brian Tomasik – Reasons to Be Nice to Other Value Systems
Tessa
8y
0
13
Brian Tomasik – Differential Intellectual Progress as a Positive-Sum Project
Tessa
9y
0