Negative Utilitarianism / Suffering Focused Ethics vs Classic utilitarianism (or simply “Utilitarianism”) debates in Effective Altruism
- I used to consider myself NU, by Kaj Sotala. Also, Two arguments for not thinking about ethics (too much)
- An alien species is going through their industrial revolution. Mati Roy, Matthew Barnett and others.
- Problems in effective altruism and existential risk and what to do about them by Simon Knutsson
- The world destruction argument by Simon Knutsson
- Reducing suffering or adding years of life? Effective altruism and divergences in value judgments and worldviews by Olivier Bertrand
- Debate about Consequentialism, Pinprick Argument, the World Destruction Argument at The Hedonistic Imperative
- Who wants to destroy the world? by Manu Herrán.
- Post by Siebe Rozendal: What I, a classical utilitarian, learned from suffering-focused ethics
- Post by Michael Plant: A Happiness Manifesto: Why and How Effective Altruism Should Rethink its Approach to Maximising Human Welfare
- Reply by Manu Herrán: a comment
- Other related posts by Manu Herrán: Thoughts on negative utilitarianism, Future Suffering, Asymmetries and compensations between pleasure and pain, Paneudaimonia
- Post by David Althaus: Descriptive Population Ethics and Its Relevance for Cause Prioritization
- Post by Michael Plant: The Unproven (And Unprovable) Case For Wild Animal Suffering
- Post by Toby Ord: Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian
- Reply by Simon Knutsson: Thoughts on Ord’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian”
- Reply at Negative Utilitarianism FAQ
- Reply by David Pearce: A response to Toby Ord’s essay Why I Am Not A Negative Utilitarian
- Reply by Bruno Contestabile: Why I’m (Not) a Negative Utilitarian – A Review of Toby Ord’s Essay
- Other related posts by Bruno Contestabile:
- Other relevant or related resources:
- Links to Facebook debates: 1, 2, 3, 4
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