The Moral Landscape

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The moral landscape seems to operate an assumption that what morality is about is like increasing well-being or reducing suffering. I just think if you like take a broad view and you actually talk to lots of humans, it's actually not a very good approximation of morality. And so I make a listlike probably 20 of these kind of things that seem to deviate from just thinking about what creates well-being.

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Rob Wiblin is the Head of Research at 80,000 Hours where he investigates how people can do more good in the course of their career and produces a long-form interview show called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. He studied genetics and economics in Australia before moving to the UK to help develop the emerging field of effective altruism. You can learn more about Rob at robwiblin.com, learn more about his research work at 80000hours.org, and follow him on social media at @robertwiblin.

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