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Why I became a utilitarian
Abstract In this article I explain how a specific utilitarian theory (variance normalized variable critical level rule preference utilitarianism that says we have to choose the situation that maximizes the sum of everyone’s variance normalized self-determined relative utilities) avoids and … Lees verder
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Tags: ethical principles, population ethics, utilitarianism, utility, well-being
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Variable critical level utilitarianism as the solution to population ethics
Summary Population ethics is probably the most important area in moral philosophy for effective altruists who want to do the most good. There are some very serious problems in population ethics that relate to crucial considerations about doing the most … Lees verder
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Tags: effective altruism, ethical principles, moral philosophy, population ethics
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The three most defensible principles in ethics
From eight to five to three: this article is the result of a long process of several years, searching for the most important or fundamental ethical principles, refining, simplifying and deleting principles until we end up with the three ethical … Lees verder
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Tags: anti-arbitrariness, basic right, ethical principles, rational ethics
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The minimum complaint theory and maximum autonomy
The minimum complaint theory The minimum complaint theory is a new moral theory that avoids a lot of problems in welfare ethics and population ethics. It is probably the strongest ethical theory in the sense that it can be most … Lees verder
