Teo Ajantaival

Karma: 767

Worked on suffering-focused ethics → author of Minimalist Axiologies: Alternatives to ‘Good Minus Bad’ Views of Value. You can also read it on the forum here.

I have MA and BA degrees in psychology, with minors in mathematics, cognitive science, statistics, computer science, and analytic philosophy.

Addressing challenges for s-risk reduction: Toward positive common-ground proxies

Teo AjantaivalMar 22, 2025, 5:50 PM

38 points

1 comment17 min readEA link

New Book: “Minimalist Axiologies: Alternatives to ‘Good Minus Bad’ Views of Value”

Teo AjantaivalJul 19, 2024, 1:00 PM

60 points

8 comments5 min readEA link

Varieties of minimalist moral views: Against absurd acts

Teo AjantaivalNov 7, 2023, 11:57 AM

50 points

3 comments10 min readEA link

Minimalist views of wellbeing

Teo AjantaivalJul 15, 2023, 10:18 AM

58 points

5 comments13 min readEA link

Minimalist extended very repugnant conclusions are the least repugnant

Teo AjantaivalOct 24, 2022, 9:46 AM

78 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

Peacefulness, nonviolence, and experientialist minimalism

Teo AjantaivalMay 23, 2022, 7:17 PM

62 points

14 comments29 min readEA link

Minimalist axiologies and positive lives

Teo AjantaivalNov 13, 2021, 10:57 AM

57 points

12 comments24 min readEA link

Positive roles of life and experience in suffering-focused ethics

Teo AjantaivalMay 22, 2021, 4:05 PM

49 points

1 comment19 min readEA link

[Question] Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?

Teo AjantaivalFeb 12, 2019, 7:39 AM

16 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

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