Introduction to suffering-focused ethics
A general introduction to suffering-focused ethics (SFE). The piece presents various perspectives, the reasoning behind them and common objections.| Center for Reducing Suffering
A general introduction to suffering-focused ethics (SFE). The piece presents various perspectives, the reasoning behind them and common objections.| Center for Reducing Suffering
This post is a follow-up to my previous essay on reducing suffering given long-term cluelessness. Long-term cluelessness is the idea that we have no clue which actions are likely to create better o…| Magnus Vinding
An objection against trying to reduce suffering is that we cannot predict whether our actions will reduce or increase suffering in the long term. Relatedly, some have argued that we are clueless about the effects that any realistic action would have on total welfare, and this cluelessness, it has been claimed, undermines our reason to... Continue Reading →| Magnus Vinding
By Simon Knutsson Published August 23, 2023 Summary I explain parts of my moral view briefly. I also talk about some arguments for and against my view. The basics of my moral view include that one should focus on reducing…| Simon Knutsson
1. Preliminaries| plato.stanford.edu
