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Fanaticism
Decision theory
Altruistic wager
Expected value
Pascal's mugging
Competitive debating
Infinite ethics
Decision-theoretic uncertainty
Interpersonal comparisons of wellbeing
Michael Huemer
Normative uncertainty
59 posts
Philosophy of effective altruism
Altruistic motivation
Definition of effective altruism
Excited vs. obligatory altruism
Forum Review
Cosmopolitanism
Effective altruism
Style guide
Jeff McMahan
418
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
109
A full syllabus on longtermism
jtm
1y
13
95
On infinite ethics
Joe_Carlsmith
10mo
24
77
Do Brains Contain Many Conscious Subsystems? If So, Should We Act Differently?
Bob Fischer
15d
7
57
The Maximum Impact Fund is now the Top Charities Fund
GiveWell
3mo
3
56
Expected value theory is fanatical, but that's a good thing
HaydenW
2y
20
48
St. Petersburg Demon – a thought experiment that makes me doubt Longtermism
wuschel
7mo
41
46
Fanatical EAs should support very weird projects
Derek Shiller
5mo
42
44
Layman’s Summary of Resolving Pascallian Decision Problems with Stochastic Dominance
Ben_West
1y
11
43
Can you control the past?
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
21
38
Geometric Rationality is Not VNM Rational
Scott Garrabrant
23d
0
37
Decision theory does not imply that we get to have nice things
So8res
2mo
0
36
Mundane trouble with EV / utility
Ben Esche
1y
17
33
Hayden Wilkinson: Doing good in an infinite, chaotic world
EA Global
2y
1
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
118
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
115
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
108
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
98
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
93
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
74
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
73
'Beneficentrism', by Richard Yetter Chappell
Pablo
7mo
12
70
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
68
Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately
EliezerYudkowsky
2y
1
63
Wholehearted choices and "morality as taxes"
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
7
57
[Link] Luke Muehlhauser: Effective Altruism As I See It
Aryeh Englander
6mo
4
56
A philosophical introduction to effective altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
9