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The Metaethics and Normative Ethics of AGI Value Alignment: Many Questions, Some Implications
The Moral Uncertainty Rabbit Hole, Fully Excavated
Morality vs related concepts
Naturalism and AI alignment
Podcast: Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on metaethics and utilitarianism
Moral ~realism
Cain Killed Abel: A Heuristic Guide to the Three Major Schools of Ethics in the Western Tradition
Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be
What are the effects of considering that (human) morality emerges from evolutionary and other functional pressures?
What you prioritise is mostly moral intuition
The Life-Goals Framework: How I Reason About Morality as an Anti-Realist
On sincerity
(Link post) Sam Scheffler: Conservatism, Temporal Bias, and Future Generations
Making decisions using multiple worldviews
A summary of Nicholas Becksteads writing on Bayesian Ethics
What the Moral Truth might be makes no difference to what will happen
Moral Uncertainty and Moral Realism Are in Tension
End-Relational Theory of Meta-ethics: A Dialogue
The despair of normative realism bot
Arguments for moral indefinability
(3-hour podcast): Joseph Carlsmith on longtermism, utopia, the computational power of the brain, meta-ethics, illusionism and meditation
(3-hour podcast) Michael Huemer on epistemology, metaethics, EA, utilitarianism and infinite ethics
We should choose between moral theories based on the scale of the problem
Against meta-ethical hedonism
Book Review: Parfit - A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
Alice Crary's philosophical-institutional critique of EA: ""Why one should not be an effective altruist
Alienation and meta-ethics (or: is it possible you should maximize helium?)
3-hour podcast about the meta-ethics of utilitarianism and much else with philosopher Torbjrn Tnnsj
Why did I misunderstand utilitarianism so badly?
Incompatibility of moral realism and time discounting
Even non-theists should act as if theism is true
Podcast: Krister Bykvist on moral uncertainty, rationality, metaethics, AI and future populations
Moral anti-realists don't have to bite bullets
It's (not) how you use it
Bernard Williams: Ethics and the limits of impartiality
In defense of the Gap.
Practical ethics requires metaphysical Free Will
Origin and alignment of goals, meaning, and morality
An article that summs up meta-ethical conclusions that can be derived from Universal Darwinism taken to extremes
Moral Philosophy is Alchemy: Sam Harris Isn't Pasta Man
In defence of epistemic modesty
Deference Culture in EA
Ingroup Deference
Deferring
When reporting AI timelines, be clear who you're deferring to
EA reading list: cluelessness and epistemic modesty
Independent impressions
My mistakes on the path to impact
Comparing top forecasters and domain experts
The illusion of consensus about EA celebrities
Deference for Bayesians
Good judgement"" and its components
Asking for advice
Why EAs researching mainstream topics can be useful
Wanting to dye my hair a little more because Buck dyes his hair
In defence of epistemic modesty (distillation)
Minimal-trust investigations
Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow
Disagreeables and Assessors: Two Intellectual Archetypes
Why defensive writing is bad for community epistemics
Pablo Stafforinis Forecasting System
Controlling for a thinkers big idea
Potential downsides of using explicit probabilities
Using Points to Rate Different Kinds of Evidence
Judgement as a key need in EA
How modest should you be?
I knew a bit about misinformation and fact-checking in 2017. AMA, if you're really desperate.
Gregory Lewis and Oliver Habryka: Trusting experts
Ends vs. Means: To what extent should we be willing to sacrifice nuance and epistemic humility when communicating with people outside EA?
Epistemic trespassing, or epistemic squatting? \| Noahpinion
EA Concepts: Share Impressions Before Credences
Will MacAskill: How can effective altruism stay curious?
How can we improve Infohazard Governance in EA Biosecurity?
EA should blurt
Large epistemological concerns I should maybe have about EA a priori
Dangers of deference
Debate and Effective Altruism: Friends or Foes?
Inadequacy and Modesty
A new Heuristic to Update on the Credences of Others
Against Modest Epistemology
Entitlement to believe"" is lacking in Effective Altruism (by Andrew Critch)
When should you defer to expertise? A useful heuristic
How best to aggregate judgements about donations?
Hyperbolic Science: Or, Playing Games with Growth
May 5th Event: Democracy, Altruism, & the Ethics of Transnational Aid
Opinioni indipendenti
Minimalist views of wellbeing
Measuring Good Better
Does Economic Growth Meaningfully Improve Well-being? An Optimistic Re-Analysis of Easterlins Research: Founders Pledge
Stress - effective ways to reduce it
Effective Self-Help - A guide to improving your subjective wellbeing
A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman
Increasingly vague interpersonal welfare comparisons
How to increase EAs productive hours by up to 35%
StrongMinds (4 of 9) - Psychotherapy's impact may be shorter lived than previously estimated
Floors and Ceilings, Frameworks and Feelings: SoGive's Impact Analysis Toolkit for Evaluating StrongMinds
Theses on Sleep
Shallow investigation: Loneliness
Moral Weights according to EA Orgs
Announcing VIVID: A new EA organization aspiring to scale effective self-improvement & reflection

The Metaethics and Normative Ethics of AGI Value Alignment: Many Questions, Some Implications

The Moral Uncertainty Rabbit Hole, Fully Excavated

Morality vs related concepts

Naturalism and AI alignment

Podcast: Sharon Hewitt Rawlette on metaethics and utilitarianism

Moral ~realism

Cain Killed Abel: A Heuristic Guide to the Three Major Schools of Ethics in the Western Tradition

Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be

What are the effects of considering that (human) morality emerges from evolutionary and other functional pressures?

What you prioritise is mostly moral intuition

The Life-Goals Framework: How I Reason About Morality as an Anti-Realist

On sincerity

(Link post) Sam Scheffler: Conservatism, Temporal Bias, and Future Generations

Making decisions using multiple worldviews

A summary of Nicholas Becksteads writing on Bayesian Ethics

What the Moral Truth might be makes no difference to what will happen

Moral Uncertainty and Moral Realism Are in Tension

End-Relational Theory of Meta-ethics: A Dialogue

The despair of normative realism bot

Arguments for moral indefinability

(3-hour podcast): Joseph Carlsmith on longtermism, utopia, the computational power of the brain, meta-ethics, illusionism and meditation

(3-hour podcast) Michael Huemer on epistemology, metaethics, EA, utilitarianism and infinite ethics

We should choose between moral theories based on the scale of the problem

Against meta-ethical hedonism

Book Review: Parfit - A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

Alice Crary's philosophical-institutional critique of EA: ""Why one should not be an effective altruist

Alienation and meta-ethics (or: is it possible you should maximize helium?)

3-hour podcast about the meta-ethics of utilitarianism and much else with philosopher Torbjrn Tnnsj

Why did I misunderstand utilitarianism so badly?

Incompatibility of moral realism and time discounting

Even non-theists should act as if theism is true

Podcast: Krister Bykvist on moral uncertainty, rationality, metaethics, AI and future populations

Moral anti-realists don't have to bite bullets

It's (not) how you use it

Bernard Williams: Ethics and the limits of impartiality

In defense of the Gap.

Practical ethics requires metaphysical Free Will

Origin and alignment of goals, meaning, and morality

An article that summs up meta-ethical conclusions that can be derived from Universal Darwinism taken to extremes

Moral Philosophy is Alchemy: Sam Harris Isn't Pasta Man

In defence of epistemic modesty

Deference Culture in EA

Ingroup Deference

Deferring

When reporting AI timelines, be clear who you're deferring to

EA reading list: cluelessness and epistemic modesty

Independent impressions

My mistakes on the path to impact

Comparing top forecasters and domain experts

The illusion of consensus about EA celebrities

Deference for Bayesians

Good judgement"" and its components

Asking for advice

Why EAs researching mainstream topics can be useful

Wanting to dye my hair a little more because Buck dyes his hair

In defence of epistemic modesty (distillation)

Minimal-trust investigations

Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow

Disagreeables and Assessors: Two Intellectual Archetypes

Why defensive writing is bad for community epistemics

Pablo Stafforinis Forecasting System

Controlling for a thinkers big idea

Potential downsides of using explicit probabilities

Using Points to Rate Different Kinds of Evidence

Judgement as a key need in EA

How modest should you be?

I knew a bit about misinformation and fact-checking in 2017. AMA, if you're really desperate.

Gregory Lewis and Oliver Habryka: Trusting experts

Ends vs. Means: To what extent should we be willing to sacrifice nuance and epistemic humility when communicating with people outside EA?

Epistemic trespassing, or epistemic squatting? | Noahpinion

EA Concepts: Share Impressions Before Credences

Will MacAskill: How can effective altruism stay curious?

How can we improve Infohazard Governance in EA Biosecurity?

EA should blurt

Large epistemological concerns I should maybe have about EA a priori

Dangers of deference

Debate and Effective Altruism: Friends or Foes?

Inadequacy and Modesty

A new Heuristic to Update on the Credences of Others

Against Modest Epistemology

Entitlement to believe"" is lacking in Effective Altruism (by Andrew Critch)

When should you defer to expertise? A useful heuristic

How best to aggregate judgements about donations?

Hyperbolic Science: Or, Playing Games with Growth

May 5th Event: Democracy, Altruism, & the Ethics of Transnational Aid

Opinioni indipendenti

Minimalist views of wellbeing

Measuring Good Better

Does Economic Growth Meaningfully Improve Well-being? An Optimistic Re-Analysis of Easterlins Research: Founders Pledge

Stress - effective ways to reduce it

Effective Self-Help - A guide to improving your subjective wellbeing

A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman

Increasingly vague interpersonal welfare comparisons

How to increase EAs productive hours by up to 35%

StrongMinds (4 of 9) - Psychotherapy's impact may be shorter lived than previously estimated

Floors and Ceilings, Frameworks and Feelings: SoGive's Impact Analysis Toolkit for Evaluating StrongMinds

Theses on Sleep

Shallow investigation: Loneliness

Moral Weights according to EA Orgs

Announcing VIVID: A new EA organization aspiring to scale effective self-improvement & reflection