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By Simon Knutsson May 30, 2020 Summary I encourage people to talk about pessimism, antinatalism, negative utilitarianism, and similar views. And I explain why I believe it’s important to encourage this. Essentially, some mechanisms push against talking about these ideas,

Саймон Кнутссон (Simon Knutsson) Написано: 11 апр. 2016; последнее обновление: 22 сент. 2016 Переведено с английского Александром Щёловым, 29 нояб. 2016 Краткое содержание Лесли (Leslie 1998) пишет: “Обсуждая, была ли Вселенная создана доброжелательным божеством, философы часто отмечают, что наш мир

Por Simon Knutsson Primera versión: 11 Abr. 2016; última actualización: 22 Sep. 2016 Traducido del Inglés por Manu Herrán; traducción revisada por Yolanda Barreiro 18 Oct. 2016 Leslie (1998) escribió que a la hora de “discutir si el universo fue

By Simon Knutsson First written 11 April 2016; last update 4 May 2020 Leslie (1998) writes that when “discussing whether the universe was created by a benevolent deity, philosophers regularly point out that our world might be considered an ethical

By Simon Knutsson First written 29 June 2015; last update 23 May 2016 Someone who wants to do good is faced with the question how to prioritize preventing badness vs. bringing about more individuals with good lives. A relevant idea

By Simon Knutsson First written 22 Nov. 2016; last update 22 Nov. 2016 Summary Many philosophers have endorsed the idea that some goods are lexically better than others, in the sense that some goods are better than any amount of

By Simon Knutsson First written: 10 Jun. 2016; last update: 10 Jun. 2016 Summary Weak negative views in ethics are concerned with both reducing suffering and promoting happiness, but are commonly said to give more weight to suffering than to

By Simon Knutsson First written: 16 May 2016; last update: 1 August 2018 Summary Is the balance of happiness versus suffering in the future net positive or net negative (in expectation)? Is the aggregate happiness and suffering in a group

By Simon Knutsson Published Dec. 2, 2019 I will be concerned with the plausibility of Epicurean ideas about pleasure, pain, good and bad. I’ll defend a contemporary interpretation of Epicureanism, or perhaps it should be called an idea inspired by

By Simon Knutsson Published Nov. 12, 2019 This text describes a message exchange on Slack between Simon Knutsson and Stefan Torges, Co-Executive Director of the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF). EAF’s website is https://ea-foundation.org/. On November 2, 2019, I wrote to