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Richard Y Chappell🔸

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Academic philosopher, co-editor of utilitarianism.net, writes goodthoughts.blog

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Sidg­wick Defended

Richard Y Chappell🔸26 Jan 2026 20:37 UTC
13 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

The Ba­sic Ar­gu­ment for AI Safety

Richard Y Chappell🔸8 Jan 2026 16:38 UTC
9 points
20 comments1 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Com­pat­i­bil­ism for Claude

Richard Y Chappell🔸30 Dec 2025 15:20 UTC
35 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Philo­soph­i­cal In­cu­ri­os­ity (AI edi­tion)

Richard Y Chappell🔸30 Dec 2025 15:18 UTC
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Subagents for Shrimp

Richard Y Chappell🔸1 Dec 2025 15:08 UTC
13 points
1 comment5 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Vac­cine Ob­struc­tion­ism Kills

Richard Y Chappell🔸1 Dec 2025 14:58 UTC
15 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Philo­soph­i­cal Pat­tern-Matching

Richard Y Chappell🔸26 Nov 2025 17:32 UTC
13 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Trade-off Denialism

Richard Y Chappell🔸12 Nov 2025 20:07 UTC
15 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Mo­ral Self-Indulgence

Richard Y Chappell🔸10 Nov 2025 14:38 UTC
16 points
3 comments3 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Rule High Stakes In, Not Out

Richard Y Chappell🔸21 Oct 2025 2:44 UTC
12 points
10 comments5 min readEA link

In Defense of Stakes-Sensitivity

Richard Y Chappell🔸19 Oct 2025 21:35 UTC
16 points
7 comments5 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

In­con­sis­tent Anthropocentrism

Richard Y Chappell🔸8 Oct 2025 14:53 UTC
12 points
8 comments1 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Hu­man Misalignment

Richard Y Chappell🔸1 Oct 2025 14:01 UTC
15 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Marginal Persuasion

Richard Y Chappell🔸17 Sep 2025 15:17 UTC
7 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

How to Think about Col­lec­tive Impact

Richard Y Chappell🔸25 Aug 2025 17:00 UTC
11 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Only Ag­gre­ga­tion­ists Re­spect the Separate­ness of Persons

Richard Y Chappell🔸15 Aug 2025 15:25 UTC
12 points
1 comment9 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

The Gift of Life

Richard Y Chappell🔸30 Jul 2025 16:42 UTC
15 points
6 comments6 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

How to Save the World

Richard Y Chappell🔸23 Jul 2025 15:10 UTC
7 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Au­ton­omy Consequentialism

Richard Y Chappell🔸16 Jul 2025 21:06 UTC
7 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(www.goodthoughts.blog)

Dis­cussing eth­i­cal al­tru­ism and con­se­quen­tial­ism vs. deontology

Richard Y Chappell🔸14 Jul 2025 16:44 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(philosophyandfiction.substack.com)