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Ethics (or other areas of philosophy)
- Introduction to suffering-focused ethics. With Magnus Vinding. August 22, 2024.
- Answers in population ethics were published long ago. April 19, 2024.
- My moral view: Reducing suffering, ‘how to be’ as fundamental to morality, no positive value, cons of grand theory, and more. August 23, 2023.
- Roger Thisdell on undisturbedness, positive experiences, and the hedonic peak. February 17, 2023.
- Philosophical Pessimism: Varieties, Importance, and What to Do. The Blog of the American Philosophical Association. Sep. 13, 2022.
- Undisturbedness as the hedonic ceiling. September 2, 2022; last updated 3 June 2023.
- Pessimism about the value of the future and the welfare of present and future beings based on their acts and traits. Aug. 25, 2022.
- Permissible moderate paths to human extinction. 2022.
- In support of talking about pessimism, antinatalism, negative utilitarianism, etc. 2020.
- Many-valued Logic and Sequence Arguments in Value Theory. Published online 2021 in Synthese. Free official version; preprint.
- The World Destruction Argument. Inquiry, 64:10, 1004-1023. 2021. Free official version; preprint with extra material.
- Epicurean ideas about pleasure, pain, good and bad. 2019.
- Lars Bergström on pessimism, ethics, consequentialism, Ingemar Hedenius, and quantifying well-being. 2019.
- Reply to Shulman’s “Are Pain and Pleasure Equally Energy-Efficient?” 2017.
- How Could an Empty World Be Better than a Populated One? 2016. Translations: Español, Русский
- Measuring happiness and suffering. 2016.
- Value lexicality. 2016.
- What is the difference between weak negative and non-negative ethical views? 2016.
- Thoughts on Ord’s “Why I’m Not a Negative Utilitarian”. 2016.
- The One-Paragraph Case for Suffering-Focused Ethics. 2016.
- Effective Altruism and Ethics. Published 2016 but work in progress.
- The Seriousness of Suffering: Supplement. 2015.
- The ‘Asymmetry’ and extinction thought experiments. 2015.
Philosophy career and PhD programs
Animal ethics and effective animal advocacy
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Conversation notes
- GiveWell: Elie Hassenfeld, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, March 16, 2014
- Bailey Norwood: Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, e-mail exchange about his US farm animal welfare scores, July 2013
- The Humane League: Nick Cooney, Founder and Board Member, e-mail exchange Feb 2012
- Vegan Outreach: Matt Ball, Executive Director, e-mail exchange Jan/Feb 2012
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA):
- Ryan Huling, Manager of College Campaigns & Outreach at peta2, PETA US, e-mail exchange where I request evidence of impact, Feb 5, 2012
- Ryan Huling, Manager of College Campaigns & Outreach at peta2, PETA US, Feb 2, 2012
- Harald Ullman, Vice President PETA Germany, Dec 20, 2011