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#17 Classic episode - Will MacAskill on moral uncertainty, utilitarianism & how to avoid being a moral monster

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Bias in Philosophy

New philosophers have an incentive to come up with some new view, even if it's worse than the old views. Another bias is one strong argument versus many weak arguments. And then there's just lot things that don't get rightin written about as much because it's just harder to demonstrate academic ability and so on in the course of doing it.

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