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Philosophy of effective altruism
Jeff McMahan
29 posts
Altruistic motivation
Definition of effective altruism
Excited vs. obligatory altruism
Forum Review
Effective altruism
Style guide
Cosmopolitanism
128
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
117
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
107
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
103
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
73
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
71
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
48
Is the current definition of EA not representative of hits-based giving?
Venkatesh
1y
14
47
Philosophical Critiques of Effective Altruism by Prof Jeff McMahan
Robert_Wiblin
6y
9
44
All moral decisions in life are on a heavy-tailed distribution
Max Görlitz
5mo
6
37
Toby Ord: Selected quotations on existential risk
Aaron Gertler
2y
0
34
If you want to disagree with effective altruism, you need to disagree one of these three claims
Benjamin_Todd
6y
7
32
Efficient charity: do unto others...
Scott Alexander
9y
7
28
Will MacAskill: Why should effective altruists embrace uncertainty?
EA Global
4y
2
28
What is Intersectionality Theory? What does it mean for EA?
John Bridge
8mo
42
164
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
114
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
102
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
86
'Beneficentrism', by Richard Yetter Chappell
Pablo
7mo
12
63
Wholehearted choices and "morality as taxes"
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
7
60
[Link] Luke Muehlhauser: Effective Altruism As I See It
Aryeh Englander
6mo
4
59
A philosophical introduction to effective altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
9
56
Altruistic Motivations
So8res
3y
7
56
Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately
EliezerYudkowsky
2y
1
51
Internationalism is a key value in EA
freedomandutility
4mo
15
48
Cosmopolitanism
TopherHallquist
8y
42
47
Choosing the Zero Point
orthonormal
2y
2
38
Decade Review update: posts need 1 review to advance
JP Addison
11mo
0
30
The Emotional Case For Longtermism
Simon Bazelon
8mo
3