value

The Value of an Action

And how the baseline may depend upon fitting attitudes

Jun 10, 2024 •

Richard Y Chappell

Is it worse to harm all bank tellers or just the feminist ones?

Jun 8, 2024 •

Richard Y Chappell

Utopian Enemies of the Better

Lesser evils should be preferred over greater ones

Apr 20, 2024 •

Richard Y Chappell

The Profoundest Error in Population Ethics

Confused metaphysical dismissals of future-inclusive beneficence

Mar 4, 2024 •

Richard Y Chappell

Harman, Harm, and the Non-Identity Problem

On intrinsic harms and welfare comparisons

Feb 10, 2024 •

Richard Y Chappell

Against Conditional Beneficence

People aren't like Promises

Nov 9, 2023 •

Richard Y Chappell

Death, Extinction, and the Epicurean Fallacy

Your life is (I hope!) better than nothing

Mar 21, 2023 •

Richard Y Chappell

Accepting Merely Comparative Harms

They may still be better than nothing

Mar 15, 2023 •

Richard Y Chappell

Don't Valorize the Void

Center What Positively Matters

Jan 26, 2023 •

Richard Y Chappell

A Multiplicative Model of Value Pluralism

How do distinct kinds of value combine?

Sep 17, 2022 •

Richard Y Chappell

Puzzles for Everyone

Leaving details blank is not a theoretical virtue

Sep 10, 2022 •

Richard Y Chappell

The Nietzschean Challenge to Effective Altruism

What if excellence is more important than comfort?

Aug 29, 2022 •

Richard Y Chappell

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