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Population ethics
Suffering-focused ethics
S-risk
Ethics of existential risk
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Review crosspost
Repugnant conclusion
Person-affecting views
Carl Shulman
Total view
Instrumental vs. epistemic rationality
58 posts
Education
Moral advocacy
Naive vs. sophisticated consequentialism
Consequentialism
Philosophy
Moral cooperation
Reasoning transparency
Deontology
Center for Reducing Suffering
Copenhagen Consensus Center
Reversal test
Status quo bias
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
114
Avoiding the Repugnant Conclusion is not necessary for population ethics: new many-author collaboration.
deanspears
1y
16
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
85
Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more
Magnus Vinding
2mo
0
82
A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
GiveWell
7mo
5
82
Why I don't write as much as I used to (Brian Tomasik, 2022)
niplav
4mo
2
78
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
76
Minimalist extended very repugnant conclusions are the least repugnant
Teo Ajantaival
1mo
0
72
Cause prioritization for downside-focused value systems
Lukas_Gloor
4y
10
284
New book on s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
1mo
25
146
Integrity for consequentialists
Paul_Christiano
6y
19
109
You Don't Need To Justify Everything
ThomasW
6mo
11
108
Reasoning Transparency
Lizka
2mo
8
90
Naïve vs Prudent Utilitarianism
Richard Y Chappell
1mo
42
75
Common ground for longtermists
Tobias_Baumann
2y
8
64
Consequentialists (in society) should self-modify to have side constraints
Jack R
4mo
12
61
Multiverse-wide cooperation in a nutshell
Lukas_Gloor
5y
11
59
Peacefulness, nonviolence, and experientialist minimalism
Teo Ajantaival
7mo
14
58
Lant Pritchett on the futility of "smart buys" in developing-world education
Aaron Gertler
1y
14
56
Announcing “Effective Dropouts”
Yonatan Cale
3mo
21
55
Are we neglecting education? Philosophy in schools as a longtermist area
Jack Malde
2y
29
55
Act utilitarianism: criterion of rightness vs. decision procedure
Askell
5y
6
52
A Case for Voluntary Abortion Reduction
Ariel Simnegar
10h
71