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← Effective altruism is deeply utilitarian in practice, whatever its members say about not being utilitarians.
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Read this korrent: Effective altruism is deeply utilitarian in practice, whatever its members say about not being utilitarians.
Effective altruism is deeply utilitarian in practice, whatever its members say about not being utilitarians.
Last stated 5 years ago
19 Oct 2021
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Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Effective altruism demands hard evidence of effectiveness in some of its causes while accepting abstract conjecture in others, and never justifies the split. — tap to centre the map on it
Effective altruism demands hard evidence of effectiveness in some of its causes while accepting abstract conjecture in others, and never justifies the split.
Last stated 3 years ago
21 Dec 2023
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Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it
Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Nov 2023
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become. — tap to centre the map on it
The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become.
Last stated 3 years ago
21 Dec 2023
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Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best opportunities to do good are the ones almost nobody is paying attention to. — tap to centre the map on it
The best opportunities to do good are the ones almost nobody is paying attention to.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Nov 2023
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Effective altruism's scandals are minor next to its record, and its ratio of accomplishments to scandals is as good as that of any large institution. — tap to centre the map on it
Effective altruism's scandals are minor next to its record, and its ratio of accomplishments to scandals is as good as that of any large institution.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Nov 2023
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Movements built around a shared moral cause outcompete purely profit-driven ones, in practice as well as in theory. — tap to centre the map on it
Movements built around a shared moral cause outcompete purely profit-driven ones, in practice as well as in theory.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Jul 2026
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Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Utilitarianism is an abhorrent ideology, because it licenses killing three people to save a thousand. — tap to centre the map on it
Utilitarianism is an abhorrent ideology, because it licenses killing three people to save a thousand.
Last stated 3 years ago
29 Jun 2023
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George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it
Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
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