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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
418
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
194
Killing the ants
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
13
167
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
165
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
132
Scope-sensitive ethics: capturing the core intuition motivating utilitarianism
richard_ngo
1y
19
118
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
115
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
111
Puzzles for Everyone
Richard Y Chappell
3mo
38
109
A full syllabus on longtermism
jtm
1y
13
108
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
106
Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
levin
4mo
21
98
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
97
Doubts about Track Record Arguments for Utilitarianism
Erich_Grunewald
10mo
16
95
On infinite ethics
Joe_Carlsmith
10mo
24
284
New book on s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
1mo
25
213
Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
Magnus Vinding
3mo
114
175
Prioritizing x-risks may require caring about future people
elifland
4mo
39
146
Integrity for consequentialists
Paul_Christiano
6y
19
114
Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.
deanspears
1y
16
109
You Don't Need To Justify Everything
ThomasW
6mo
11
108
Reasoning Transparency
Lizka
2mo
8
106
A longtermist critique of “The expected value of extinction risk reduction is positive”
antimonyanthony
1y
10
103
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
96
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
91
Against neutrality about creating happy lives
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
38
91
Shelly Kagan - readings for Ethics and the Future seminar (spring 2021)
james
1y
7
90
Naïve vs Prudent Utilitarianism
Richard Y Chappell
1mo
42
85
Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
0