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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
167
Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
2mo
60
118
"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
Davidmanheim
3mo
17
115
Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
2mo
9
98
What actually is the argument for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
2y
29
74
What are the key ongoing debates in EA?
richard_ngo
2y
54
70
Aid Scepticism and Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
13
48
Philosophical Critiques of Effective Altruism by Prof Jeff McMahan
Robert_Wiblin
6y
9
44
Is the current definition of EA not representative of hits-based giving?
Venkatesh
1y
14
41
All moral decisions in life are on a heavy-tailed distribution
Max Görlitz
5mo
6
33
Efficient charity: do unto others...
Scott Alexander
9y
7
32
Will MacAskill: Why should effective altruists embrace uncertainty?
EA Global
4y
2
31
Toby Ord: Selected quotations on existential risk
Aaron Gertler
2y
0
31
If you want to disagree with effective altruism, you need to disagree one of these three claims
Benjamin_Todd
6y
7
28
What is Intersectionality Theory? What does it mean for EA?
John Bridge
8mo
42
165
Altruism as a central purpose
Joey
8mo
8
108
Defining Effective Altruism
William_MacAskill
3y
22
93
Effective Altruism: The First Decade (Forum Review)
Aaron Gertler
1y
47
73
'Beneficentrism', by Richard Yetter Chappell
Pablo
7mo
12
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
52
Altruistic Motivations
So8res
3y
7
52
Internationalism is a key value in EA
freedomandutility
4mo
15
46
Cosmopolitanism
TopherHallquist
8y
42
39
Choosing the Zero Point
orthonormal
2y
2
29
The Emotional Case For Longtermism
Simon Bazelon
8mo
3
29
Decade Review update: posts need 1 review to advance
JP Addison
11mo
0