Almost every conscious creature ever born died painfully in its first few days or weeks of life| benthams.substack.com
This is surprisingly intuitive once one corrects for bias| benthams.substack.com
By Brian Tomasik| reducing-suffering.org
The rebugnant conclusion and its consequences| benthams.substack.com
Utilitarianism has important implications for how we should think about leading an ethical life. Despite giving no intrinsic weight to deontic constraints, it supports many commonsense prohibitions and virtues in practice. Its main practical difference instead lies in its emphasis on positively doing good, in more expansive and efficient ways than people typically prioritize.| Utilitarianism.net
