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 help others in effective ways. For example, DiGiovanni (2025) writes: “if my arguments [about cluelessness] hold up, our reason to work on EA causes is underm...| Magnus Vinding
1. Utilitarianism| plato.stanford.edu
After defining utilitarianism, this chapter offers a detailed analysis of its four key elements (consequentialism, welfarism, impartiality, and aggregationism). It explains the difference between maximizing, satisficing, and scalar utilitarianism, and other important distinctions between utilitarian theories.| Utilitarianism.net
Longtermism is a philosophical view based on three key ideas: 1) future people matter just as much as those alive today; 2) the future could be vast; 3) we can reliably influence how it goes.| www.effectivealtruism.org
1. Arriving at the Repugnant Conclusion| plato.stanford.edu
If moral philosophy is a train to crazy town, at what stop should we disembark?| conversationswithtyler.com
Texts on this and that.| Erich Grunewald's Blog