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Suffering-focused ethics
Axiology
Negative utilitarianism
Instrumental vs. epistemic rationality
24 posts
S-risk
Review crosspost
Carl Shulman
Brian Tomasik
Evidence Action
Dispensers for Safe Water
103
New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
Magnus Vinding
2y
20
96
Promoting compassionate longtermism
jonleighton
13d
1
78
Introduction to Longtermism
finm
1y
13
72
Cause prioritization for downside-focused value systems
Lukas_Gloor
4y
10
64
Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE) FAQ
EdisonY
1y
23
51
Minimalist axiologies and positive lives
Teo Ajantaival
1y
13
42
The unthinkable urgency of suffering
Aaron Bergman
1y
9
41
EA reading list: suffering-focused ethics
richard_ngo
2y
3
31
some concerns with classical utilitarianism
nil
2y
17
23
[TikTok] Comparability between suffering and happiness
Ben_West
3mo
11
18
Morality vs related concepts
MichaelA
2y
2
15
Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?
Teo Ajantaival
3y
11
10
Exploring a Logarithmic Tolerance of Suffering
David Reber
1y
3
10
Ex ante prioritarianism and negative-leaning utilitarianism do not override individual interests
MichaelStJules
3y
13
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
46
[Crosspost] Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering: A Neglected Priority
Bob Jacobs
6y
1
41
Carl Shulman — How are brain mass (and neurons) distributed among humans and the major farmed land animals?
Tessa
9y
0
41
How can we reduce s-risks?
Tobias_Baumann
1y
3
40
Risk factors for s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
3y
3
39
Scott Alexander – Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Tessa
8y
3
34
Arguments for Why Preventing Human Extinction is Wrong
Anthony Fleming
7mo
48
29
S-risk FAQ
Tobias_Baumann
5y
8
26
A typology of s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
4y
1
21
Brian Tomasik – Differential Intellectual Progress as a Positive-Sum Project
Tessa
9y
0
21
Why should we care about existential risk?
RedStateBlueState
8mo
7
19
Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season
GiveWell
3y
4
18
Brian Tomasik – Reasons to Be Nice to Other Value Systems
Tessa
8y
0