I started a new “What I believe” series on my Sunyshore blog about my ethical beliefs. The first post in the series is about why I believe total utilitarianism is closest to the correct ethical theory and its implications for society. I’m also working on a post about privacy and civil liberties. In the future, I might write a post for the “What I believe” series about effective altruism.
I’ve already gotten valuable feedback from members of the EA community who’ve critiqued my use of the Harsanyi original-position thought experiment. The goal of this post wasn’t to present a bulletproof argument for utilitarianism but to explain my personal reasons for supporting it. Still, I appreciate all constructive feedback.
I like it, and look forward to see what you write on privacy (I’m feeling somewhat conflicted on this subject, and I’m curious as to how much gains we can have from privacy-preserving computation technologies). I want to encourage you to linkpost these to the forum! Is there a particular reason you aren’t doing so?
Yeah, I didn’t really linkpost this because I didn’t think that a basic introduction to utilitarianism would fit in with the kinds of stuff that people usually post, which deals with philosophical topics at a more sophisticated level. But I can post it and the rest of the series!
I started a new “What I believe” series on my Sunyshore blog about my ethical beliefs. The first post in the series is about why I believe total utilitarianism is closest to the correct ethical theory and its implications for society. I’m also working on a post about privacy and civil liberties. In the future, I might write a post for the “What I believe” series about effective altruism.
I’ve already gotten valuable feedback from members of the EA community who’ve critiqued my use of the Harsanyi original-position thought experiment. The goal of this post wasn’t to present a bulletproof argument for utilitarianism but to explain my personal reasons for supporting it. Still, I appreciate all constructive feedback.
I like it, and look forward to see what you write on privacy (I’m feeling somewhat conflicted on this subject, and I’m curious as to how much gains we can have from privacy-preserving computation technologies). I want to encourage you to linkpost these to the forum! Is there a particular reason you aren’t doing so?
Yeah, I didn’t really linkpost this because I didn’t think that a basic introduction to utilitarianism would fit in with the kinds of stuff that people usually post, which deals with philosophical topics at a more sophisticated level. But I can post it and the rest of the series!