Eight: Prof Hilary Greaves on moral cluelessness, population ethics, & harnessing the brainpower of academia to tackle the most important research questions
Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours
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Is It Worth Preserving the Future?
Csi: What does it take for a life to count as good on balance vus as bad on balance? There are some views, for example, that think you can never be in a better situation than never having been born. The more foundationally minded economists tend to broadly agree with the moral philosophers on thiso,. am christian er has recently written a magisterial book on discounting. And he basically repeats the line that has been repeated by both morals philosophers and historically eminent economists such as ramsey, harrards and so forth.
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