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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
406
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
166
Killing the ants
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
13
164
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
131
Scope-sensitive ethics: capturing the core intuition motivating utilitarianism
richard_ngo
1y
19
128
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
125
Doubts about Track Record Arguments for Utilitarianism
Erich_Grunewald
10mo
16
121
Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
levin
4mo
21
120
Person-affecting intuitions can often be money pumped
Rohin Shah
5mo
72
117
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
114
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
112
Puzzles for Everyone
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
38
107
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
103
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
102
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
253
New book on s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
1mo
25
209
Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
39
197
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
114
140
Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.
deanspears
1y
16
134
Integrity for consequentialists
Paul_Christiano
6y
19
134
Reasoning Transparency
Lizka
2mo
8
103
Shelly Kagan - readings for Ethics and the Future seminar (spring 2021)
james
1y
7
99
Naïve vs Prudent Utilitarianism
Richard Y Chappell
1mo
42
97
Against neutrality about creating happy lives
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
38
97
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
91
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
89
You Don't Need To Justify Everything
ThomasW
6mo
11
89
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
79
Consequentialists (in society) should self-modify to have side constraints
Jack R
4mo
12