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Ethics & Morality

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For general discussion about ethics and morality. Example posts: Fake Morality; What Would You Do Without Morality?; The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth About Morality and What To Do About It; Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK?; Morality is Awesome.

See also Consequentialism, Deontology, Metaethics, and Moral Uncertainty.

Mo­ral­ity is Scary

Wei DaiDec 2, 2021, 6:35 AM
228 points
116 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Fun­da­men­tal Uncer­tainty: Chap­ter 3 - Why don’t we agree on what’s right?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 25, 2022, 5:50 PM
27 points
22 comments14 min readLW link

Towards an Ethics Calcu­la­tor for Use by an AGI

sweenesmDec 12, 2023, 6:37 PM
3 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

4. A Mo­ral Case for Evolved-Sapi­ence-Chau­vinism

RogerDearnaleyNov 24, 2023, 4:56 AM
10 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

1. A Sense of Fair­ness: De­con­fus­ing Ethics

RogerDearnaleyNov 17, 2023, 8:55 PM
16 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

7. Evolu­tion and Ethics

RogerDearnaleyFeb 15, 2024, 11:38 PM
3 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

In Defence of Tem­po­ral Dis­count­ing in Longter­mist Ethics

DragonGodNov 13, 2022, 9:54 PM
25 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

2. AIs as Eco­nomic Agents

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:07 AM
9 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

5. Mo­ral Value for Sen­tient An­i­mals? Alas, Not Yet

RogerDearnaleyDec 27, 2023, 6:42 AM
33 points
41 comments23 min readLW link

The ig­no­rance of nor­ma­tive re­al­ism bot

Joe CarlsmithJan 18, 2022, 5:26 AM
43 points
6 comments35 min readLW link1 review

3. Uploading

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:39 AM
21 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

6. The Mutable Values Prob­lem in Value Learn­ing and CEV

RogerDearnaleyDec 4, 2023, 6:31 PM
12 points
0 comments49 min readLW link

[Question] What if Ethics is Prov­ably Self-Con­tra­dic­tory?

YitzApr 18, 2024, 5:12 AM
3 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Ma­chine Learn­ing Consent

jefftkDec 8, 2022, 3:50 AM
38 points
14 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

By Which It May Be Judged

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 10, 2012, 4:26 AM
96 points
941 comments11 min readLW link

Some thoughts on veg­e­tar­i­anism and veganism

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 2:40 AM
37 points
23 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

A dis­cus­sion of nor­ma­tive ethics

Jan 9, 2024, 11:29 PM
10 points
6 comments25 min readLW link

Altru­ism and Vi­tal­ism Aren’t Fel­low Travelers

Arjun PanicksseryAug 9, 2024, 2:01 AM
24 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Could Any­thing Be Right?

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 18, 2008, 7:19 AM
75 points
39 comments6 min readLW link

Self-In­tegrity and the Drown­ing Child

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2021, 8:57 PM
335 points
91 comments5 min readLW link1 review

The ethics of re­clin­ing air­plane seats

bracesSep 4, 2022, 5:59 PM
93 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Ends Don’t Jus­tify Means (Among Hu­mans)

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2008, 9:00 PM
203 points
97 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­ral strate­gies at differ­ent ca­pa­bil­ity levels

Richard_NgoJul 27, 2022, 6:50 PM
112 points
14 comments5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Chang­ing Your Metaethics

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 27, 2008, 12:36 PM
64 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Fake Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 8, 2007, 9:32 PM
117 points
105 comments2 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal­ity Be­hind Break­ing the Glass Ceiling

foxaccMar 14, 2022, 5:56 PM
31 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Thirty-three ran­domly se­lected bioethics papers

Rob BensingerMar 22, 2021, 9:38 PM
115 points
46 comments50 min readLW link

The Ter­rible, Hor­rible, No Good, Very Bad Truth About Mo­ral­ity and What To Do About It

RokoJun 11, 2009, 12:31 PM
74 points
142 comments8 min readLW link

Tor­ture vs. Dust Specks

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 30, 2007, 2:50 AM
84 points
630 comments1 min readLW link

What Would You Do Without Mo­ral­ity?

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 29, 2008, 5:07 AM
77 points
186 comments1 min readLW link

This War of Mine

lsusrSep 25, 2021, 1:43 AM
64 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Falsify­ing Eth­i­cal Values

lsusrDec 19, 2021, 1:44 AM
5 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

On in­finite ethics

Joe CarlsmithJan 31, 2022, 7:04 AM
128 points
71 comments51 min readLW link1 review

So­cial host liability

CraigMichaelMay 9, 2021, 7:24 AM
22 points
39 comments6 min readLW link

Democ­racy Is in Danger, but Not for the Rea­sons You Think

ExCephNov 6, 2022, 9:15 PM
−7 points
4 comments12 min readLW link
(ginnungagapfoundation.wordpress.com)

What does moral progress con­sist of?

jasoncrawfordAug 19, 2022, 12:22 AM
32 points
23 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Thoughts on Mo­ral Philosophy

Chris_LeongAug 17, 2021, 12:57 PM
17 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Pre­dict­ing Fu­ture Morality

ESRogsMay 6, 2018, 7:17 AM
13 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Parfi­tian-filtered De­ci­sion The­ory?

SilasBartaAug 30, 2010, 9:37 PM
32 points
273 comments8 min readLW link

Un­speak­able Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 4, 2009, 5:57 AM
33 points
118 comments6 min readLW link

Is Mo­ral­ity Given?

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 6, 2008, 8:12 AM
35 points
100 comments8 min readLW link

Prin­ci­pled vs. Prag­matic Morality

Chris_LeongMay 29, 2018, 4:31 AM
6 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Is Mo­ral­ity Prefer­ence?

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 5, 2008, 12:55 AM
33 points
44 comments8 min readLW link

Folk gram­mar and morality

EmileDec 17, 2010, 9:20 PM
28 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

Head­ing Toward Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 20, 2008, 8:08 AM
27 points
53 comments4 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Michael Niel­sen re­marks on ‘Op­pen­heimer’

22tomAug 31, 2023, 3:46 PM
78 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(michaelnotebook.com)

Mo­ral­ity Isn’t Logical

Wei DaiDec 26, 2012, 11:08 PM
35 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing Strate­gies and Morality

MichaelVassarMar 5, 2010, 9:09 PM
20 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Self-mod­ifi­ca­tion, moral­ity, and drugs

fubarobfuscoApr 10, 2011, 12:02 AM
24 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

The Be­drock of Mo­ral­ity: Ar­bi­trary?

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 14, 2008, 10:00 PM
25 points
119 comments6 min readLW link

Policy Beats Morality

DavidmanheimOct 17, 2018, 6:39 AM
15 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

A funny ar­gu­ment for tra­di­tional morality

cousin_itJul 12, 2011, 9:25 PM
23 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Does Your Mo­ral­ity Care What You Think?

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 26, 2008, 12:25 AM
21 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

In­ter­per­sonal Morality

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 29, 2008, 6:01 PM
28 points
30 comments7 min readLW link

Is Mo­ral­ity a Valid Prefer­ence?

MinibearRexFeb 21, 2011, 1:18 AM
19 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: The Im­por­tance of What We Care About (Harry G. Frank­furt)

David GrossSep 13, 2023, 4:17 AM
7 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Con­soli­dated Na­ture of Mo­ral­ity Thread

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 15, 2007, 11:00 PM
14 points
69 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is not about willpower

PhilGoetzOct 8, 2011, 1:33 AM
20 points
146 comments13 min readLW link

Link: Cry­on­ics and the Creation of a Durable Morality

lsparrishFeb 12, 2011, 6:10 PM
16 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity should be Moral

OrphanWildeMay 17, 2013, 3:26 PM
12 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

Con­fu­sion about Nor­ma­tive Morality

JMillerFeb 7, 2013, 8:34 PM
10 points
103 comments1 min readLW link

Weigh­ing An­i­mal Worth

jefftkSep 28, 2023, 1:50 PM
25 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 24: Mo­ral­ity mod­els and “do what I mean”

KatjaGraceFeb 24, 2015, 2:00 AM
13 points
47 comments6 min readLW link

Amoral Ap­proaches to Morality

VaniverNov 3, 2010, 8:25 AM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Separate moral­ity from free will

PhilGoetzApr 10, 2011, 2:35 AM
8 points
85 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity open thread

Will_NewsomeJul 8, 2012, 2:30 PM
6 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

The God of Hu­man­ity, and the God of the Robot Utilitarians

RaemonAug 24, 2023, 8:27 AM
79 points
13 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Is the Wave non-dis­par­age­ment thingy okay?

Oct 14, 2023, 5:31 AM
29 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

We des­per­ately need to talk more about hu­man challenge tri­als.

DirectedEvolutionDec 19, 2020, 10:00 AM
29 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

The moral­ity of dis­clos­ing salary requirements

PhilGoetzFeb 8, 2015, 9:12 PM
12 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

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

Joe CarlsmithJan 15, 2021, 7:07 AM
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Fake Morality

MinibearRexOct 21, 2011, 3:22 AM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ethics as War­fare: Me­ta­physics and Mo­ral­ity of the Era of Transhumanism

DubioustunicMay 20, 2019, 8:28 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Has there been any work done on the ethics of chang­ing peo­ple’s minds?

mcorvinFeb 3, 2021, 1:03 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity in Fan­tasy Worlds

lucidfoxNov 22, 2010, 9:37 PM
8 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Killing the ants

Joe CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:17 PM
76 points
27 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Less Wrong views on moral­ity?

hankx7787Jul 5, 2012, 5:04 PM
−1 points
146 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Is Mo­ral­ity Given?

MinibearRexJun 25, 2012, 4:30 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Con­soli­dated Na­ture of Mo­ral­ity Thread

badgerJun 2, 2011, 11:39 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Coal­i­tion Dy­nam­ics as Morality

abramdemskiJun 23, 2017, 6:00 PM
3 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity and In­ter­na­tional Hu­man­i­tar­ian Law

David_J_BalanNov 30, 2009, 3:27 AM
3 points
101 comments2 min readLW link

What I’d change about differ­ent philos­o­phy fields

Rob BensingerMar 8, 2021, 6:25 PM
56 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

Em­brac­ing the “sadis­tic” conclusion

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 13, 2014, 10:30 AM
33 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

De­mand offsetting

paulfchristianoMar 21, 2021, 6:20 PM
133 points
41 comments5 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Ju­lia Galef and Matt Ygle­sias on bioethics and “ethics ex­per­tise”

Rob BensingerMar 30, 2021, 3:06 AM
45 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Unifi­ca­tion seems to be a way to avoid in­fini­tar­ian paral­y­sis in con­se­quen­tial­ist ag­grega­tive ethics.

Szymon KucharskiMar 31, 2021, 7:04 PM
1 point
2 comments4 min readLW link

Hell is wasted on the evil

lsusrApr 15, 2021, 8:52 AM
72 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Anger

lsusrApr 18, 2021, 4:14 PM
38 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Pigliucci’s com­ment on Yud­kowsky’s and Dai’s stance on moral­ity and logic

mapnoterritoryJan 5, 2013, 8:05 AM
1 point
19 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is sub­jec­tive prefer­ence, but it can be ob­jec­tively wrong

KatjaGraceJun 17, 2009, 6:09 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pop­u­lar moral­ity: spare those on the left

KatjaGraceSep 18, 2010, 8:55 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Poll: Com­press­ing Morality

RandalyOct 7, 2010, 10:17 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ethics and prospects of AI re­lated jobs?

dr_sMay 11, 2024, 9:31 AM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Are Deon­tolog­i­cal Mo­ral Judg­ments Ra­tion­al­iza­tions?

lukeprogAug 16, 2011, 4:40 PM
52 points
170 comments11 min readLW link

Re­view of Doris, ‘The Mo­ral Psy­chol­ogy Hand­book’ (2010)

lukeprogJun 26, 2011, 7:33 PM
24 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Suffering

TiibaAug 3, 2009, 4:02 PM
10 points
98 comments1 min readLW link

Ori­gin of Morality

David CooperApr 18, 2018, 8:46 PM
−5 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Pu­n­ish­ing the good

KatjaGraceJul 20, 2021, 11:30 PM
28 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A Thought Ex­per­i­ment on Pain as a Mo­ral Disvalue

Wei DaiMar 11, 2011, 7:56 AM
23 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

On­tolog­i­cal Cri­sis in Humans

Wei DaiDec 18, 2012, 5:32 PM
90 points
69 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­ral Golems As­sume Uncertainty

Erich_GrunewaldAug 28, 2021, 2:05 PM
4 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Valu­ing Sen­tience: Can They Suffer?

jefftkJul 29, 2013, 12:39 PM
9 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

The Very Repug­nant Conclusion

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2019, 2:26 PM
26 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

The Trol­ley Problem

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 8:26 AM
31 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Cheap food causes co­op­er­a­tive ethics

lsusrOct 7, 2021, 1:52 AM
71 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Is nuk­ing women and chil­dren cheaper than fire­bomb­ing them?

lsusrOct 14, 2021, 8:25 AM
28 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Is skil­led hunt­ing un­eth­i­cal?

JamesFavilleFeb 17, 2018, 6:48 PM
6 points
18 comments12 min readLW link

Antiantinatalism

Jacob FalkovichFeb 9, 2018, 4:49 PM
7 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

‘The Bat­tle for Com­pas­sion’: ethics in a world of ac­cel­er­at­ing change

lukeprogSep 11, 2011, 12:54 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

If all trade is vol­un­tary, then what is “ex­ploita­tion?”

DarmaniDec 27, 2024, 11:21 AM
34 points
61 comments6 min readLW link

Effec­tive Evil

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
110 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

The “In­tu­itions” Be­hind “Utili­tar­i­anism”

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 28, 2008, 4:29 PM
89 points
206 comments9 min readLW link

Ten­ta­tive Anger

Adam ZernerNov 27, 2021, 4:38 AM
18 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­trin­sic and In­trin­sic Mo­ral Frameworks

lsusrDec 11, 2021, 5:28 AM
14 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Meta-prefer­ences are weird

Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM
13 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity and con­strained max­i­miza­tion, part 2

Joe CarlsmithJan 12, 2022, 1:42 AM
13 points
0 comments29 min readLW link

[Question] How to trade­off util­ity and agency?

A RayJan 14, 2022, 1:33 AM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Tran­shu­man­ism as Sim­plified Humanism

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 5, 2018, 8:12 PM
179 points
34 comments5 min readLW link

Au­topi­lot Ethics And The Illu­sory Self

George3d6Feb 2, 2022, 10:11 AM
9 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

“Mo­ral progress” vs. the sim­ple pas­sage of time

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 9, 2022, 2:50 AM
33 points
30 comments3 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Defend­ing One-Di­men­sional Ethics

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 15, 2022, 5:20 PM
16 points
9 comments17 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Two ar­gu­ments for not think­ing about ethics (too much)

Kaj_SotalaMar 27, 2014, 2:15 PM
61 points
32 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the best ra­tio for Afri­cans to starve com­pared to Ukraini­ans not dy­ing in the war?

ChristianKlMar 10, 2022, 6:52 PM
9 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

De­bat­ing my­self on whether “ex­tra lives lived” are as good as “deaths pre­vented”

HoldenKarnofskyMar 29, 2022, 6:30 PM
34 points
9 comments15 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

[SP] The Edge of Morality

ZaneMar 27, 2024, 9:38 PM
−1 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

A brief the­ory of why we think things are good or bad

David JohnstonOct 20, 2024, 8:31 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

What We Owe the Past

Austin ChenMay 5, 2022, 11:46 AM
66 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral Illusions

Martin SustrikMay 6, 2022, 4:00 AM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral Mountains

Adam ZernerDec 14, 2023, 10:40 AM
8 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Read­ing the ethi­cists: A re­view of ar­ti­cles on AI in the jour­nal Science and Eng­ineer­ing Ethics

Charlie SteinerMay 18, 2022, 8:52 PM
50 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

Science-in­formed normativity

Richard_NgoMay 25, 2022, 6:30 PM
32 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

What is malev­olence? On the na­ture, mea­sure­ment, and dis­tri­bu­tion of dark traits

Oct 23, 2024, 8:41 AM
93 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Ag­grega­tive prin­ci­ples ap­prox­i­mate util­i­tar­ian principles

Cleo NardoJun 12, 2024, 4:27 PM
28 points
3 comments23 min readLW link

Read­ing the ethi­cists 2: Hunt­ing for AI al­ign­ment papers

Charlie SteinerJun 6, 2022, 3:49 PM
24 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Why it’s bad to kill Grandma

dynomightJun 9, 2022, 6:12 PM
29 points
14 comments8 min readLW link
(dynomight.substack.com)

[Question] What’s the “This AI is of moral con­cern.” fire alarm?

Quintin PopeJun 13, 2022, 8:05 AM
37 points
56 comments2 min readLW link

Con­tex­tual Evil

ACrackedPotJun 15, 2022, 7:32 PM
1 point
12 comments2 min readLW link

Lifeguards

Orpheus16Jun 15, 2022, 11:03 PM
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Eth­i­cal Im­pli­ca­tions of the Quan­tum Multiverse

Jonah WilbergNov 18, 2024, 4:00 PM
7 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Reflec­tion Mechanisms as an Align­ment tar­get: A survey

Jun 22, 2022, 3:05 PM
32 points
1 comment14 min readLW link

Deon­tolog­i­cal Evil

lsusrJul 2, 2022, 6:57 AM
45 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Righ­teous Mind

ErnestScribblerJul 4, 2022, 5:45 PM
34 points
8 comments35 min readLW link

Com­ment on “Propo­si­tions Con­cern­ing Digi­tal Minds and So­ciety”

Zack_M_DavisJul 10, 2022, 5:48 AM
99 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Philoso­phers wrestling with evil, as a so­cial me­dia feed

David GrossJun 3, 2024, 10:25 PM
48 points
2 comments16 min readLW link

La­men­ta­tions, Gaza and Empathy

Yair HalberstadtAug 7, 2022, 7:55 AM
20 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Six Plau­si­ble Meta-Eth­i­cal Alternatives

Wei DaiAug 6, 2014, 12:04 AM
92 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

Lov­ing a world you don’t trust

Joe CarlsmithJun 18, 2024, 7:31 PM
135 points
13 comments33 min readLW link

Against pop­u­la­tion ethics

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2022, 5:19 AM
29 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­tifi­cial Mo­ral Ad­vi­sors: A New Per­spec­tive from Mo­ral Psychology

David GrossAug 28, 2022, 4:37 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(dl.acm.org)

The Ex­pand­ing Mo­ral Cine­matic Universe

RaemonAug 28, 2022, 6:42 PM
67 points
9 comments14 min readLW link

Ap­prais­ing ag­grega­tivism and utilitarianism

Cleo NardoJun 21, 2024, 11:10 PM
27 points
10 comments19 min readLW link

The de­spair of nor­ma­tive re­al­ism bot

Joe CarlsmithJan 3, 2021, 11:07 PM
30 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Per­sonal re­la­tion­ships with goodness

KatjaGraceMay 14, 2018, 6:50 PM
40 points
20 comments3 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Whose Fault?

MarkoviaSep 24, 2022, 11:53 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Reflec­tion Mechanisms as an Align­ment tar­get: A fol­low-up survey

Oct 5, 2022, 2:03 PM
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

The Biggest Prob­lem with Deon­tol­ogy: The Ag­gre­ga­tion Problem

Arjun PanicksseryOct 8, 2022, 3:41 AM
21 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The Mo­ral Void

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 30, 2008, 8:52 AM
79 points
111 comments4 min readLW link

Les­sons from ‘Famine, Affluence, and Mo­ral­ity’ and its re­flec­tion on to­day.

Mayank ModiOct 27, 2022, 5:20 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sam Har­ris and the Is–Ought Gap

Tyrrell_McAllisterNov 16, 2018, 1:04 AM
91 points
46 comments6 min readLW link

Avoid­ing the Bog of Mo­ral Hazard for AI

Nathan Helm-BurgerSep 13, 2024, 9:24 PM
19 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

AI Ca­pa­bil­ities vs. AI Products

DarmaniMar 25, 2023, 1:14 AM
13 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Deon­tol­ogy and virtue ethics as “effec­tive the­o­ries” of con­se­quen­tial­ist ethics

Jan_KulveitNov 17, 2022, 2:11 PM
68 points
9 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Reflec­tive Consequentialism

Adam ZernerNov 18, 2022, 11:56 PM
21 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Con­se­quen­tial­ists should have a com­pre­hen­sive set of de­on­tolog­i­cal be­liefs they ad­here to

Jay95Apr 18, 2025, 8:50 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How should one feel morally about us­ing chat­bots?

Adam ZernerMay 11, 2023, 1:01 AM
18 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Cat­e­gor­i­cal Im­per­a­tive Obscures

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 6, 2022, 5:48 PM
17 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Brief Thoughts on Jus­tifi­ca­tions for Paternalism

Srdjan MileticJan 9, 2024, 12:36 AM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(dissent.blog)

[Question] Are tul­pas moral pa­tients?

ChristianKlDec 27, 2022, 11:30 AM
16 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

The Pearly Gates

lsusrMay 30, 2024, 4:01 AM
127 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Non­stan­dard anal­y­sis in ethics

Alok SinghJan 12, 2023, 5:58 AM
−1 points
0 comments78 min readLW link
(nickbostrom.com)

Burch’s Law

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 8, 2007, 2:39 AM
64 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

The Mo­ral Sta­tus of In­de­pen­dent Iden­ti­cal Copies

Wei DaiNov 30, 2009, 11:41 PM
66 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Two-Level Vi­sual Mnemonic Compression

armaturesAug 6, 2020, 11:58 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Paper: “The Ethics of Ad­vanced AI As­sis­tants” -Google DeepMind

Tristan WegnerApr 21, 2024, 6:45 AM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(storage.googleapis.com)

Could evolu­tion have se­lected for moral re­al­ism?

John_MaxwellSep 27, 2012, 4:25 AM
7 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on AI Art

abramdemskiJan 25, 2023, 2:18 PM
74 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

Sav­ing the world sucks

Defective AltruismJan 10, 2024, 5:55 AM
50 points
29 comments3 min readLW link

Slave Mo­ral­ity: A place for ev­ery man and ev­ery man in his place

Martin SustrikSep 19, 2024, 4:20 AM
16 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(250bpm.substack.com)

Inequal­ity Penalty: Mo­ral­ity in Many Worlds

ShmiFeb 11, 2023, 4:08 AM
11 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

What is Me­taethics?

lukeprogApr 25, 2011, 4:53 PM
46 points
562 comments5 min readLW link

Why should eth­i­cal anti-re­al­ists do ethics?

Joe CarlsmithFeb 16, 2023, 4:27 PM
38 points
7 comments27 min readLW link

See­ing more whole

Joe CarlsmithFeb 17, 2023, 5:12 AM
31 points
1 comment26 min readLW link

Re­spect Ch­ester­ton-Schel­ling Fences

ShmiFeb 27, 2023, 12:09 AM
58 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Per­son-mo­ment af­fect­ing views

KatjaGraceMar 7, 2018, 2:30 AM
17 points
8 comments5 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Mean­ing and Mo­ral Foun­da­tions Theory

bryjnarApr 7, 2018, 5:59 PM
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

To­tal­i­tar­ian eth­i­cal systems

BenquoMay 3, 2019, 7:35 PM
33 points
12 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Se­cure Your Beliefs

lukeprogFeb 12, 2011, 4:53 PM
59 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Is in­stru­men­tal con­ver­gence a thing for virtue-driven agents?

mattmacdermottApr 2, 2025, 3:59 AM
33 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral Trade, Im­pact Distri­bu­tions and Large Worlds

LarksSep 20, 2024, 3:45 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hot Air Doesn’t Disagree

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 16, 2008, 12:42 AM
15 points
45 comments3 min readLW link

1-page out­line of Car­l­smith’s oth­er­ness and con­trol series

Nathan YoungApr 24, 2024, 11:25 AM
22 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Ag­grega­tive Prin­ci­ples of So­cial Justice

Cleo NardoJun 5, 2024, 1:44 PM
29 points
10 comments37 min readLW link

Notes on Fairness

David GrossDec 7, 2020, 6:52 PM
20 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Benevolence

David GrossNov 26, 2020, 2:43 AM
25 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Mo­ral Anti-Real­ism: In­tro­duc­tion & Summary

Lukas_GloorApr 2, 2022, 2:29 PM
15 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Why Align­ing an LLM is Hard, and How to Make it Easier

RogerDearnaleyJan 23, 2025, 6:44 AM
30 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Why Do We En­gage in Mo­ral Sim­plifi­ca­tion?

Wei DaiFeb 14, 2011, 1:16 AM
34 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

What and how much makes a differ­ence?

Marius Adrian NicoarăJun 5, 2024, 10:30 AM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

It’s OK to be bi­ased to­wards humans

dr_sNov 11, 2023, 11:59 AM
55 points
69 comments6 min readLW link

Towards Eval­u­at­ing AI Sys­tems for Mo­ral Sta­tus Us­ing Self-Reports

Nov 16, 2023, 8:18 PM
45 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

It’s OK to eat shrimp: EAs Make In­valid In­fer­ences About Fish Qualia and Mo­ral Patienthood

Mikhail SaminNov 13, 2023, 4:51 PM
0 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is Ac­ci­den­tal & Self-Congratulatory

ymeskhoutMay 29, 2023, 12:40 AM
26 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Do What the Mam­mals Do

CrimsonChinMar 18, 2025, 3:57 AM
2 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Re­view: The Lathe of Heaven

dr_sJan 31, 2025, 8:10 AM
23 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Ve­gans need to eat just enough Meat—em­per­i­cally eval­u­ate the min­i­mum am­mount of meat that max­i­mizes utility

Johannes C. MayerDec 22, 2024, 10:08 PM
55 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

Shan­non Val­lor’s “tech­nomoral virtues”

David GrossMay 4, 2024, 2:48 PM
15 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

On Disingenuity

Chris_LeongDec 26, 2018, 5:08 PM
28 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

On attunement

Joe CarlsmithMar 25, 2024, 12:47 PM
100 points
12 comments22 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is Awesome

[deleted]Jan 6, 2013, 3:21 PM
146 points
437 comments3 min readLW link

Feel­ing Moral

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 11, 2015, 7:00 PM
47 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Fixed Computation

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 8, 2008, 1:00 AM
73 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­ten­u­at­ing Circumstances

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 6, 2009, 10:57 PM
56 points
42 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity vs re­lated concepts

MichaelAJan 7, 2020, 10:47 AM
26 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

Mo­ral un­cer­tainty vs re­lated concepts

MichaelAJan 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
26 points
13 comments16 min readLW link

Mak­ing de­ci­sions un­der moral uncertainty

MichaelADec 30, 2019, 1:49 AM
21 points
26 comments17 min readLW link

Why it’s so hard to talk about Consciousness

Rafael HarthJul 2, 2023, 3:56 PM
162 points
211 comments9 min readLW link3 reviews

[Question] What money-pumps ex­ist, if any, for de­on­tol­o­gists?

Daniel KokotajloJun 28, 2023, 7:08 PM
39 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Three kinds of moral uncertainty

Kaj_SotalaDec 30, 2012, 10:43 AM
57 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral un­cer­tainty: What kind of ‘should’ is in­volved?

MichaelAJan 13, 2020, 12:13 PM
14 points
11 comments13 min readLW link

Value uncertainty

MichaelAJan 29, 2020, 8:16 PM
20 points
3 comments14 min readLW link

Mak­ing de­ci­sions when both morally and em­piri­cally uncertain

MichaelAJan 2, 2020, 7:20 AM
13 points
14 comments20 min readLW link

Value Uncer­tainty and the Sin­gle­ton Scenario

Wei DaiJan 24, 2010, 5:03 AM
13 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Nick Bostrom: Mo­ral un­cer­tainty – to­wards a solu­tion? [link, 2009]

KevinMar 8, 2012, 11:07 AM
−5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­tel’s Prin­ci­ple as Mo­ral Aphorism

eapacheAug 23, 2020, 7:36 PM
15 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Ab­stracted Ideal­ized Dynamics

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 12, 2008, 1:00 AM
38 points
25 comments10 min readLW link

Poly­math-style at­tack on the Par­li­a­men­tary Model for moral uncertainty

danieldeweySep 26, 2014, 1:51 PM
36 points
74 comments4 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments for moral indefinability

Richard_NgoFeb 12, 2019, 10:40 AM
51 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Offload­ing Ex­ec­u­tive Func­tion­ing to Morality

weftOct 14, 2017, 1:43 AM
13 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Forc­ing Freedom

vlad.proexOct 6, 2020, 6:15 PM
43 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity and rel­a­tivis­tic vertigo

AcademianOct 12, 2010, 2:00 AM
60 points
80 comments4 min readLW link

Soul­less morality

PhilGoetzMar 14, 2009, 9:48 PM
27 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

Ethics has Ev­i­dence Too

JackFeb 6, 2010, 6:28 AM
26 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

The pur­pose of the (Mo­saic) law

mruwnikSep 4, 2023, 11:38 PM
7 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

The Illu­sion of Univer­sal Mo­ral­ity: A Dy­namic Per­spec­tive on Ge­netic Fit­ness and Eth­i­cal Complexity

George360Sep 5, 2023, 5:47 PM
−9 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Evolu­tion­ary Path­way from Biolog­i­cal to Digi­tal In­tel­li­gence: A Cos­mic Perspective

George360Sep 5, 2023, 5:47 PM
−17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Refram­ing AI Safety Through the Lens of Iden­tity Main­te­nance Framework

Hiroshi YamakawaApr 1, 2025, 6:16 AM
−7 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

A Case for AI Safety via Law

JWJohnstonSep 11, 2023, 6:26 PM
17 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Duty to res­cue /​ Non-as­sis­tance à per­sonne en danger

Thomas SepulchreSep 13, 2023, 9:49 AM
15 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

“Did you lock it?”

ymeskhoutSep 14, 2023, 9:10 PM
33 points
36 comments2 min readLW link
(ymeskhout.substack.com)

Mo­ral differ­ences in mediocristan

BenquoSep 26, 2018, 8:39 PM
24 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Public Opinion on AI Safety: AIMS 2023 and 2021 Summary

Sep 25, 2023, 6:55 PM
3 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

MMLU’s Mo­ral Sce­nar­ios Bench­mark Doesn’t Mea­sure What You Think it Measures

corey morrisSep 27, 2023, 5:54 PM
18 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Would You Work Harder In The Least Con­ve­nient Pos­si­ble World?

FirinnSep 22, 2023, 5:17 AM
97 points
100 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

[LINK] Scott Aaron­son on Google, Break­ing Cir­cu­lar­ity and Eigenmorality

ShmiJun 19, 2014, 8:17 PM
31 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­chine learn­ing could be fun­da­men­tally unexplainable

George3d6Dec 16, 2020, 1:32 PM
26 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

[Question] Look­ing for read­ing recom­men­da­tions: The­o­ries of right/​jus­tice that safe­guard against hav­ing one’s job au­to­mated?

bulKlubOct 12, 2023, 7:40 PM
−1 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Wor­ld­work for Ethics

False NameOct 17, 2023, 6:55 PM
8 points
1 comment24 min readLW link

A Sim­ple Ethics Model

IdeopunkJan 22, 2021, 2:56 AM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Dumb Di­chotomies in Ethics, Part 1: In­ten­tions vs Consequences

Aaron BergmanJan 29, 2021, 3:49 AM
26 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Short, Ex­treme, For­got­ten Tor­ture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pe­ri­en­tial­ist The­o­ries of Well-Being

andzuckFeb 19, 2021, 10:04 PM
18 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

Suffer­ing-Fo­cused Ethics in the In­finite Uni­verse. How can we re­deem our­selves if Mul­ti­verse Im­mor­tal­ity is real and sub­jec­tive death is im­pos­si­ble.

Szymon KucharskiFeb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM
−2 points
4 comments70 min readLW link

The sailor’s wife

krbouchardFeb 27, 2021, 12:23 AM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Idea selection

krbouchardMar 1, 2021, 2:07 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Repug­nant Conclusion

Tomás B.Mar 7, 2021, 7:00 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

25 Min Talk on Me­taEth­i­cal.AI with Ques­tions from Stu­art Armstrong

June KuApr 29, 2021, 3:38 PM
21 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Restricted Anti­na­tal­ism on Subagents

JosephineMay 13, 2021, 1:48 AM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Donat­ing Bit­coin to Cri­sis Zones—Is there a plat­form col­lat­ing and ver­ify­ing pub­lic key ad­dress for in­di­vi­d­u­als in con­flict zones which al­lows donors to send Bit­coin di­rectly to them?

Siddhartha GautamaMay 27, 2021, 8:20 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Unat­tributed Good

Filip DousekJun 4, 2021, 8:47 PM
10 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Neo-Mohism

Bae's TheoremJun 16, 2021, 9:57 PM
5 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How can there be a god­less moral world ?

momom2Jun 21, 2021, 12:34 PM
7 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Asym­met­ric Justice

ZviApr 25, 2019, 4:00 PM
236 points
105 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In-group loy­alty is so­cial cement

David Hugh-JonesJul 6, 2021, 9:57 AM
19 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

In­tel­li­gence with­out Consciousness

Andrew VlahosJul 7, 2021, 5:27 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

And the Dark­ness Answered

SlimepriestessJul 11, 2021, 5:54 AM
12 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Cur­ing in­san­ity with malaria

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Aug 4, 2021, 2:28 AM
159 points
8 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Chas­ing Infinities

Michael BatemanAug 16, 2021, 1:19 AM
2 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

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

Eleos Arete CitriniSep 16, 2021, 4:13 PM
6 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Or­di­nary Peo­ple and Ex­traor­di­nary Evil: A Re­port on the Beguil­ings of Evil

David GrossSep 20, 2021, 3:19 PM
58 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

How does The Cir­cle grow, ex­actly?

RaemonOct 1, 2021, 7:53 AM
60 points
18 comments11 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “Suffer­ing-fo­cused Ethics” by Mag­nus Vinding

KStubDec 28, 2021, 5:58 AM
15 points
3 comments24 min readLW link

Sen­tience, Sapi­ence, Con­scious­ness & Self-Aware­ness: Defin­ing Com­plex Terms

LukeOnlineOct 20, 2021, 1:48 PM
10 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Why Save The Drown­ing Child: Ethics Vs Theory

Raymond DNov 16, 2021, 7:07 PM
17 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Con­verg­ing to­ward a Million Worlds

Joe KwonDec 24, 2021, 9:33 PM
11 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Righ­teous Mind

TornusJan 20, 2022, 9:42 PM
7 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Re­view: G.E.M. An­scombe’s “Modern Mo­ral Philos­o­phy”

David GrossFeb 20, 2022, 6:58 PM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What is the most effi­cient way to cre­ate more wor­lds in the many wor­lds in­ter­pre­ta­tion of quan­tum me­chan­ics?

seankApr 11, 2022, 12:26 AM
4 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do uni­ver­si­ties have an in­cen­tive to ig­nore data ethics as more small sam­ple bias is brought to light?

casualphysicsenjoyerApr 16, 2022, 8:32 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Unified The­ory of Nor­ma­tive Ethics

Thane RuthenisJun 17, 2022, 7:55 PM
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Code Qual­ity and Rule Consequentialism

Adam ZernerJun 13, 2022, 3:12 AM
17 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Just Say No to Utilitarianism

Arjun PanicksseryJun 3, 2022, 10:59 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

[Question] Am I eth­i­cally obli­gated to ex­tend the life of my dog with life-ex­ten­sion treat­ments about to hit the mar­ket?

TrudosKudosDec 11, 2023, 7:41 PM
−3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

De­con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing Morality

ACrackedPotMay 5, 2021, 8:25 PM
0 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

A gen­tle primer on car­ing, in­clud­ing in strange senses, with applications

KaarelAug 30, 2022, 8:05 AM
10 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

[To Be Re­vised]Per­haps the Mean­ing of Life, An Ad­ven­ture in Plu­ral­is­tic Morality

NoBadCakeSep 18, 2022, 10:37 PM
−5 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Do in­sects’ lives mat­ter?

CarnSep 30, 2022, 3:38 PM
0 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t leave your finger­prints on the future

So8resOct 8, 2022, 12:35 AM
131 points
48 comments5 min readLW link

Learn­ing so­cietal val­ues from law as part of an AGI al­ign­ment strategy

John NayOct 21, 2022, 2:03 AM
5 points
18 comments54 min readLW link

Ques­tions about Value Lock-in, Pa­ter­nal­ism, and Empowerment

Sam F. BrownNov 16, 2022, 3:33 PM
13 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(sambrown.eu)

How much should we care about non-hu­man an­i­mals?

bokovNov 4, 2022, 9:36 PM
16 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Ly­ing to Save Humanity

cebsuvxNov 14, 2022, 11:04 PM
−1 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

My Deon­tol­ogy Says Nar­row-Mind­ed­ness is Always Wrong

LVSNNov 18, 2022, 6:11 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

On Mo­ral­ity, Ethics, and all that Jazz

Delen HeismanNov 20, 2022, 8:00 PM
4 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(delen.substack.com)

SBF’s com­ments on ethics are no sur­prise to virtue ethicists

c.troutDec 1, 2022, 4:18 AM
36 points
30 comments16 min readLW link

Theod­icy and the simu­la­tion hy­poth­e­sis, or: The prob­lem of simu­la­tor evil

philosophybearDec 26, 2022, 6:55 PM
12 points
12 comments19 min readLW link
(philosophybear.substack.com)

To Be Par­tic­u­lar About Morality

AGODec 31, 2022, 7:58 PM
6 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] In which cases can ChatGPT be used as an aid for the­sis or sci­en­tific pa­per writ­ing?

Bob GuranDec 31, 2022, 10:50 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Any per­son/​mind should have the right to suicide

askofaJan 12, 2023, 12:32 AM
14 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

In­vest­ment, Work, and Vi­sion: Who is re­spon­si­ble for cre­at­ing value?

SableJan 16, 2023, 1:57 AM
0 points
10 comments8 min readLW link
(affablyevil.substack.com)

Solv­ing For Meta-Ethics By In­duc­ing From The Self

VisionaryHeraJan 20, 2023, 7:21 AM
4 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

How Do We Pro­tect AI From Hu­mans?

Alex BeymanJan 22, 2023, 3:59 AM
−4 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

A multi-dis­ci­plinary view on AI safety research

Roman LeventovFeb 8, 2023, 4:50 PM
46 points
4 comments26 min readLW link

Mor­pholog­i­cal in­tel­li­gence, su­per­hu­man em­pa­thy, and eth­i­cal arbitration

Roman LeventovFeb 13, 2023, 10:25 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Joscha Bach on Syn­thetic In­tel­li­gence [an­no­tated]

Roman LeventovMar 2, 2023, 11:02 AM
10 points
1 comment9 min readLW link
(www.jimruttshow.com)

Con­scious­ness is ir­rele­vant—in­stead solve al­ign­ment by ask­ing this question

Oliver SiegelMar 4, 2023, 10:06 PM
−10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment works both ways

Karl von WendtMar 7, 2023, 10:41 AM
23 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Math­e­mat­i­cal mod­els of Ethics

VictorsMar 8, 2023, 5:40 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Three lev­els of ex­plo­ra­tion and intelligence

Q HomeMar 16, 2023, 10:55 AM
9 points
3 comments21 min readLW link

An Ap­peal to AI Su­per­in­tel­li­gence: Rea­sons Not to Pre­serve (most of) Humanity

Alex BeymanMar 22, 2023, 4:09 AM
−14 points
6 comments19 min readLW link

[Question] What if LaMDA is in­deed sen­tient /​ self-aware /​ worth hav­ing rights?

RomanSJun 16, 2022, 9:10 AM
22 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral Real­ity Check (a short story)

jessicataNov 26, 2023, 5:03 AM
149 points
45 comments21 min readLW link1 review
(unstableontology.com)

Against Even Suggest­ing Aug­men­ta­tion of Hu­man-or-Other­wise “In­tel­li­gence”

Benjamin BourlierMar 1, 2024, 6:45 PM
−7 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

Which an­i­mals re­al­ize which types of sub­jec­tive welfare?

MichaelStJulesFeb 27, 2024, 7:31 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ag­glomer­a­tion of ‘Ought’

DavidAndresBloomDec 15, 2023, 7:07 PM
1 point
1 comment11 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Co­op­er­a­tion Part I: Humans

DeLesley HutchinsDec 5, 2024, 8:16 AM
5 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Co­op­er­a­tion Part II: The­ory and Experiment

DeLesley HutchinsDec 5, 2024, 9:04 AM
2 points
0 comments17 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Co­op­er­a­tion Part III: Failure Modes

DeLesley HutchinsDec 5, 2024, 9:39 AM
4 points
0 comments20 min readLW link

The Case Against Mo­ral Realism

Zero ContradictionsNov 7, 2024, 10:14 AM
−5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

In­tro­duc­tion and Ex­plo­ra­tion of AI Ethics Through a Global Lens

ThePathYouWillChooseAug 19, 2024, 5:11 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Progress Paradox

Ben TurtelDec 27, 2023, 6:26 PM
3 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(bturtel.substack.com)

Free agents

Michele CampoloDec 27, 2023, 8:20 PM
6 points
19 comments13 min readLW link

Up­date on Devel­op­ing an Ethics Calcu­la­tor to Align an AGI to

sweenesmMar 12, 2024, 12:33 PM
4 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

How to Give Com­ing AGI’s the Best Chance of Figur­ing Out Ethics for Us

sweenesmMay 23, 2024, 7:44 PM
1 point
2 comments10 min readLW link

Us­ing Threats to Achieve So­cially Op­ti­mal Outcomes

StrivingForLegibilityJan 4, 2024, 11:30 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A Challenge to Effec­tive Altru­ism’s Premises

False NameJan 6, 2024, 6:46 PM
−26 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

After Align­ment — Dialogue be­tween RogerDear­naley and Seth Herd

Dec 2, 2023, 6:03 AM
15 points
2 comments25 min readLW link

Does AI risk “other” the AIs?

Joe CarlsmithJan 9, 2024, 5:51 PM
59 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Claude 3 claims it’s con­scious, doesn’t want to die or be modified

Mikhail SaminMar 4, 2024, 11:05 PM
79 points
116 comments14 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tions and Altruism

FateGrinderJun 2, 2024, 2:45 AM
−7 points
2 comments25 min readLW link

Ques­tions I’d Want to Ask an AGI+ to Test Its Un­der­stand­ing of Ethics

sweenesmJan 26, 2024, 11:40 PM
14 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

At­las: Stress-Test­ing ASI Value Learn­ing Through Grand Strat­egy Scenarios

NeilFoxFeb 17, 2025, 11:55 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Some Notes on Ethics

Pareto OptimalFeb 1, 2024, 10:18 AM
−3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(paretooptimal.substack.com)

The Core Values of Life—A pro­posal for a uni­ver­sal the­ory of ethics

Thomas GjøstølFeb 10, 2024, 9:48 PM
2 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

A Bridge Between Utili­tar­i­anism & Stoicism

Jonathan MoregårdFeb 13, 2024, 10:46 PM
5 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)

Thoughts for and against an ASI figur­ing out ethics for itself

sweenesmFeb 20, 2024, 11:40 PM
6 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Open-ended ethics of phe­nom­ena (a desider­ata with uni­ver­sal moral­ity)

Ryo Nov 8, 2023, 8:10 PM
1 point
0 comments8 min readLW link

Amer­i­can Ac­cel­er­a­tion vs Development

Maxwell TabarrokMar 22, 2024, 1:01 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.maximum-progress.com)

Geo­met­ric Utili­tar­i­anism (And Why It Mat­ters)

StrivingForLegibilityMay 12, 2024, 3:41 AM
34 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

The Geo­met­ric Im­por­tance of Side Payments

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:38 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

What is Con­fi­dence—in Game The­ory and Life?

James Stephen BrownDec 10, 2024, 11:06 PM
3 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

Un­de­sir­able Con­clu­sions and Ori­gin Adjustment

JerdleFeb 19, 2025, 6:35 PM
3 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What should we tell an AI if it asks why it was cre­ated?

cSkeletonApr 10, 2024, 8:37 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Con­se­quen­tial­ism is a com­pass, not a judge

Neil Apr 13, 2024, 10:47 AM
26 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

An eth­i­cal frame­work to su­per­sede Utilitarianism

metalcrowApr 17, 2024, 5:18 PM
1 point
4 comments4 min readLW link

How to co­or­di­nate de­spite our bi­ases? - tldr

Ryo Apr 18, 2024, 3:03 PM
3 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Co­op­er­a­tion is op­ti­mal, with weaker agents too  -  tldr

Ryo Apr 18, 2024, 3:03 PM
12 points
22 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Mercy to the Ma­chine: Thoughts & Rights

False NameApr 27, 2024, 4:36 PM
7 points
6 comments17 min readLW link

Can Kauff­man’s NK Boolean net­works make hu­mans swarm?

Yori-92May 8, 2024, 2:09 AM
6 points
2 comments20 min readLW link

The Hu­man Biolog­i­cal Ad­van­tage Over AI

WstewartJun 6, 2024, 6:18 PM
−13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The So­cial Im­pact of Trol­ley Problems

atomanticMay 8, 2024, 3:09 AM
5 points
3 comments14 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we just get rid of all the bioethi­cists?

SableJun 8, 2024, 3:48 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What Are Non-Zero-Sum Games?—A Primer

James Stephen BrownMay 18, 2024, 9:19 AM
4 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing SARA: a new ac­ti­va­tion steer­ing technique

Alejandro TlaieJun 9, 2024, 3:33 PM
17 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Is Redis­tribu­tive Tax­a­tion Jus­tifi­able? Part 1: Do the Rich De­serve their Wealth?

Alexander de VriesSep 5, 2024, 10:23 AM
7 points
20 comments10 min readLW link
(2ndhandecon.substack.com)

The Evolu­tion to­wards the Blank Slate

Arturo MaciasJun 10, 2024, 3:20 PM
−6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

“Is-Ought” is Fraught

MiSteR KitttyJun 16, 2024, 5:27 PM
−5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Avatarism: A Ra­tional Frame­work for Build­ing ac­tual Heaven

ratiba roDec 15, 2024, 5:17 PM
2 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

How to dis­cover the na­ture of sen­tience, and ethics

Gustavo RamiresSep 11, 2024, 5:22 PM
−2 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence–Agency Equiv­alence ≈ Mass–En­ergy Equiv­alence: On Static Na­ture of In­tel­li­gence & Phys­i­cal­iza­tion of Ethics

ankFeb 22, 2025, 12:12 AM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Solv­ing Pas­cal’s Wager us­ing dy­namic programming

Paul WilczewskiJul 10, 2024, 6:09 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

Not ev­ery ac­com­mo­da­tion is a Curb Cut Effect: The Handi­capped Park­ing Effect, the Clap­per Effect, and more

Michael CohnSep 15, 2024, 5:27 AM
81 points
39 comments10 min readLW link
(perplexedguide.net)

Thought Ex­per­i­ments Website

minmi_droverJul 13, 2024, 4:47 AM
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Nash Equil­ibrium: A De­duc­tive Frame­work for Ethics

johndoe112Apr 10, 2025, 9:43 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Inescapably Value-Laden Ex­pe­rience—a Catchy Term I Made Up to Make Mo­ral­ity Rationalisable

James Stephen BrownDec 19, 2024, 4:45 AM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

What is Mo­ral­ity?

Zero ContradictionsJul 29, 2024, 7:19 PM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

[Question] Is ob­jec­tive moral­ity self-defeat­ing?

dialecticaJul 30, 2024, 6:23 PM
−4 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Solu­tions to prob­lems with Bayesianism

B JacobsJul 31, 2024, 2:18 PM
6 points
0 comments21 min readLW link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

[Question] Why be moral if we can’t mea­sure how moral we are? Is it even pos­si­ble to mea­sure moral­ity?

OKlogicSep 20, 2024, 5:40 PM
−2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Fact-Based AI and The Dangers of False Truths in AI Development

CLBroganAug 5, 2024, 3:17 AM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link
(1drv.ms)

Altru­ism and Selfishness

Zero ContradictionsAug 9, 2024, 6:15 AM
−3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

redacted

Tomas Rolin (nos)Aug 9, 2024, 11:23 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Creat­ing a “Con­science Calcu­la­tor” to Guard-Rail an AGI

sweenesmAug 12, 2024, 4:03 PM
−2 points
0 comments13 min readLW link

The Con­scious­ness Co­nun­drum: Why We Can’t Dis­miss Ma­chine Sentience

SystematicApproachAug 13, 2024, 6:01 PM
−22 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] The Ju­das Dilemma; What would you do

Gnostic JudasAug 14, 2024, 12:03 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

In Praise of the Beatitudes

robotelvisSep 24, 2024, 5:08 AM
9 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(messyprogress.substack.com)

Se­quence overview: Welfare and moral weights

MichaelStJulesAug 15, 2024, 4:22 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Happy simulations

FateGrinderOct 1, 2024, 9:05 PM
−5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Not Just For Ther­apy Chat­bots: The Case For Com­pas­sion In AI Mo­ral Align­ment Research

kenneth_diaoSep 30, 2024, 6:37 PM
2 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Who Should Have Been Killed, and Con­tains Neato? Who Else Could It Be, but that Villain Mag­neto!

Ace DelgadoOct 19, 2024, 8:39 PM
−16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cor­rect­ing De­cep­tive Align­ment us­ing a Deon­tolog­i­cal Approach

JeaniceKApr 14, 2025, 10:07 PM
2 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] The eth­i­cal Ai, what’s next?

The Journey We Take ehOct 27, 2024, 5:45 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tional CAI: Align­ing a Lan­guage Model with Ped­a­gog­i­cal Theories

Bharath PuranamNov 1, 2024, 6:55 PM
5 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

What AI safety re­searchers can learn from Ma­hatma Gandhi

Lysandre TerrisseNov 8, 2024, 7:49 PM
−6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

LLM chat­bots have ~half of the kinds of “con­scious­ness” that hu­mans be­lieve in. Hu­mans should avoid go­ing crazy about that.

Andrew_CritchNov 22, 2024, 3:26 AM
76 points
53 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­pected Utility, Geo­met­ric Utility, and Other Equiv­a­lent Representations

StrivingForLegibilityNov 20, 2024, 11:28 PM
10 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Wager­ing on Will And Worth (Pas­cals Wager for Free Will and Value)

Robert CousineauNov 27, 2024, 12:43 AM
−1 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Im­pli­ca­tions—How Con­scious Sig­nifi­cance Could In­form Our lives

James Stephen BrownNov 26, 2024, 5:42 PM
7 points
0 comments13 min readLW link

Sam Har­ris’s Ar­gu­ment For Ob­jec­tive Morality

Zero ContradictionsDec 5, 2024, 10:19 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

The Eth­i­cal Dilemma of AI Self-Expression

lucianadmirerMar 4, 2025, 3:06 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Im­pli­ca­tions of Mo­ral Real­ism on AI Safety

Myles HJan 2, 2025, 2:58 AM
7 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Which meat to eat: CO₂ vs An­i­mal suffering

B JacobsMar 6, 2025, 12:37 PM
2 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

A Univer­sal Prompt as a Safe­guard Against AI Threats

Zhaiyk SultanMar 10, 2025, 2:28 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Really rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 6, 2025, 5:46 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral pa­tient­hood of simu­lated minds al­lows un­countabe in­finity of value on finite hard­ware

LuckApr 19, 2025, 8:41 PM
−2 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Alle­vi­at­ing shrimp pain is im­moral.

G WoodJan 7, 2025, 7:28 AM
−7 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Devel­op­ing AI Safety: Bridg­ing the Power-Ethics Gap (In­tro­duc­ing New Con­cepts)

Ronen BarApr 20, 2025, 4:40 AM
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Some im­pli­ca­tions of rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Many life-sav­ing drugs fail for lack of fund­ing. But there’s a solu­tion: des­per­ate rich people

MvolzMar 12, 2025, 3:24 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.theguardian.com)

Ac­tu­al­ism, asym­me­try and extinction

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:02 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism and the re­place­abil­ity of de­sires and attachments

MichaelStJulesJul 27, 2024, 1:57 AM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Build­ing an Un­bro­ken Chain of Wis­dom: In­tro­duc­ing the Heal­ing Code Frame­work for Sys­temic Heal­ing in AI Scaling

Daniel D. LeeJan 18, 2025, 6:29 AM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How likely is AGI to force us all to be happy for­ever? (much like in the Three Wor­lds Col­lide novel)

uhbif19Jan 18, 2025, 3:39 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Dangers of Out­sourc­ing Think­ing: Los­ing Our Crit­i­cal Think­ing to the Over-Reli­ance on AI De­ci­sion-Making

Cameron Tomé-MoreiraMar 14, 2025, 11:07 PM
10 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Hitler was not a monster

halgirJan 21, 2025, 6:21 PM
−11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Is it eth­i­cal to work in AI “con­tent eval­u­a­tion”?

anon_databoy123Jan 27, 2025, 7:58 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

How To Prevent a Dystopia

ankJan 29, 2025, 2:16 PM
−3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Tether­ware #1: The case for hu­man­like AI with free will

Jáchym FibírJan 30, 2025, 10:58 AM
5 points
14 comments10 min readLW link
(tetherware.substack.com)

AI ac­cel­er­a­tion, Deep­Seek, moral philosophy

Josh HFeb 2, 2025, 12:08 AM
2 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

My un­bundling of morality

Rudi CDec 30, 2020, 3:19 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Can Re­duce Perfor­mance on Sim­ple Eth­i­cal Questions

Daan HenselmansFeb 3, 2025, 7:35 PM
15 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Utili­tar­ian AI Align­ment: Build­ing a Mo­ral As­sis­tant with the Con­sti­tu­tional AI Method

Clément LFeb 4, 2025, 4:15 AM
6 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Mir­ror Thinking

C.M. AurinMar 24, 2025, 3:34 PM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Biol­ogy, Ide­ol­ogy and Violence

Zero ContradictionsFeb 6, 2025, 11:26 AM
−3 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Six rea­sons why ob­jec­tive moral­ity is nonsense

Zero ContradictionsApr 11, 2025, 2:11 AM
0 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(coelsblog.wordpress.com)

From No Mind to a Mind – A Con­ver­sa­tion That Changed an AI

parthibanarjuna sFeb 7, 2025, 11:50 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tional Effec­tive Utopia & Nar­row Way There: Mul­tiver­sal AI Align­ment, Place AI, New Ethico­physics… (Up­dated)

ankFeb 11, 2025, 3:21 AM
13 points
8 comments35 min readLW link

Utopianism

Mateusz MazurkiewiczJan 4, 2021, 6:40 PM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Don’t take bad op­tions away from people

Dumbledore's ArmyMar 26, 2023, 8:12 PM
44 points
100 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What do we *re­ally* ex­pect from a well-al­igned AI?

Jan BetleyJan 4, 2021, 8:57 PM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Sen­tience in Machines—How Do We Test for This Ob­jec­tively?

Mayowa OsiboduMar 26, 2023, 6:56 PM
−2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.researchgate.net)

The Ra­tion­al­ist Guide to Hinduism

Harsha G.Mar 29, 2023, 5:03 PM
24 points
12 comments9 min readLW link
(somestrangeloops.substack.com)

The Hu­man-AI Reflec­tive Equilibrium

Allison DuettmannJan 24, 2023, 1:32 AM
22 points
1 comment24 min readLW link

How to re­spond to the re­cent con­dem­na­tions of the ra­tio­nal­ist community

Christopher KingApr 4, 2023, 1:42 AM
−2 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

AGI de­ploy­ment as an act of aggression

dr_sApr 5, 2023, 6:39 AM
28 points
30 comments13 min readLW link

Goal al­ign­ment with­out al­ign­ment on episte­mol­ogy, ethics, and sci­ence is futile

Roman LeventovApr 7, 2023, 8:22 AM
20 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Hu­mans are not pre­pared to op­er­ate out­side their moral train­ing distribution

PrometheusApr 10, 2023, 9:44 PM
36 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[LINK] The most im­por­tant un­solved prob­lems in ethics

jefftkOct 17, 2012, 8:03 PM
35 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Alien Axiology

snerxApr 20, 2023, 12:27 AM
3 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Scien­tism vs. people

Roman LeventovApr 18, 2023, 5:28 PM
4 points
4 comments11 min readLW link

Sen­tience in Sili­con: The Challenges of AI Consciousness

Hannes ThurnherrApr 25, 2023, 1:15 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

OpenAI’s NSFW policy: user safety, harm re­duc­tion, and AI consent

8e9Feb 13, 2025, 1:59 PM
4 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Say­ing the quiet part out loud: trad­ing off x-risk for per­sonal immortality

disturbanceNov 2, 2023, 5:43 PM
84 points
89 comments5 min readLW link

​​ Open-ended/​Phenom­e­nal ​Ethics ​(TLDR)

Ryo Nov 9, 2023, 4:58 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Op­tion­al­ity ap­proach to ethics

Ryo Nov 13, 2023, 3:23 PM
7 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Why small phe­nomenons are rele­vant to moral­ity ​

Ryo Nov 13, 2023, 3:25 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Large Lan­guage Models can Strate­gi­cally De­ceive their Users when Put Un­der Pres­sure.

ReaderMNov 15, 2023, 4:36 PM
89 points
9 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(arxiv.org)

Re­ac­tion to “Em­pow­er­ment is (al­most) All We Need” : an open-ended alternative

Ryo Nov 25, 2023, 3:35 PM
9 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

AI Mo­ral Align­ment: The Most Im­por­tant Goal of Our Generation

Ronen BarMar 27, 2025, 6:04 PM
2 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Machines of Stolen Grace

Riley TavassoliMar 27, 2025, 6:15 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

Tak­ing Into Ac­count Sen­tient Non-Hu­mans in AI Am­bi­tious Value Learn­ing: Sen­tien­tist Co­her­ent Ex­trap­o­lated Volition

Adrià MoretDec 2, 2023, 2:07 PM
26 points
31 comments42 min readLW link

The Unifi­ca­tion of Physics and Me­ta­physics: 22 Ax­ioms for All Existences

Apr 30, 2023, 4:16 AM
−42 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Are eth­i­cal asym­me­tries from prop­erty rights?

KatjaGraceJul 2, 2018, 3:00 AM
108 points
37 comments3 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

When is un­al­igned AI morally valuable?

paulfchristianoMay 25, 2018, 1:57 AM
81 points
53 comments10 min readLW link

Re­search: Res­cuers dur­ing the Holocaust

Martin SustrikApr 30, 2018, 6:15 AM
97 points
14 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Prob­lems in AI Align­ment that philoso­phers could po­ten­tially con­tribute to

Wei DaiAug 17, 2019, 5:38 PM
79 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Should ethi­cists be in­side or out­side a pro­fes­sion?

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 12, 2018, 1:40 AM
97 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

So­cial­ist Demo­cratic-Repub­lic GAME: 12 Amend­ments to the Con­sti­tu­tions of the Free World

monkymindMay 1, 2023, 1:13 PM
−34 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Suite of Prag­matic Con­sid­er­a­tions in Fa­vor of Niceness

AlicornJan 5, 2010, 9:32 PM
114 points
198 comments3 min readLW link

On Ter­mi­nal Goals and Virtue Ethics

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jun 18, 2014, 4:00 AM
107 points
207 comments4 min readLW link

Com­men­tary On “The Abo­li­tion of Man”

VaniverJul 15, 2019, 6:56 PM
64 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Cir­cu­lar Altruism

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 22, 2008, 6:00 PM
87 points
310 comments4 min readLW link

Kid­neys, trade, sa­cred­ness, and space travel

BenquoMar 1, 2018, 5:20 AM
15 points
34 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Tra­di­tional Cap­i­tal­ist Values

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 17, 2008, 1:07 AM
65 points
103 comments5 min readLW link

Against Dog Ownership

Ben PaceMar 23, 2020, 9:17 AM
54 points
27 comments4 min readLW link
(dormin.org)

Hu­mans are util­ity monsters

PhilGoetzAug 16, 2013, 9:05 PM
123 points
216 comments2 min readLW link

The Mo­ral Coper­ni­can Principle

LegionnaireMay 2, 2023, 3:25 AM
5 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Talents

BenquoMay 18, 2018, 8:30 PM
18 points
15 comments4 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Plu­ral­is­tic Mo­ral Reductionism

lukeprogJun 1, 2011, 12:59 AM
64 points
327 comments15 min readLW link

Hog­warts House Primaries

ozymandiasNov 20, 2017, 5:56 PM
21 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

New study on choice blind­ness in moral positions

nerfhammerSep 20, 2012, 6:14 PM
101 points
152 comments1 min readLW link

Offense ver­sus harm minimization

Scott AlexanderApr 16, 2011, 1:06 AM
87 points
429 comments9 min readLW link

Fas­cists and Rakes

philhJan 5, 2014, 12:41 AM
58 points
71 comments2 min readLW link

«Boundaries» for for­mal­iz­ing an MVP morality

ChipmonkMay 13, 2023, 7:10 PM
19 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Static Place AI Makes Agen­tic AI Re­dun­dant: Mul­tiver­sal AI Align­ment & Ra­tional Utopia

ankFeb 13, 2025, 10:35 PM
1 point
2 comments11 min readLW link

Two-Tier Rationalism

AlicornApr 17, 2009, 7:44 PM
48 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Virtue Ethics for Consequentialists

Will_NewsomeJun 4, 2010, 4:08 PM
46 points
185 comments5 min readLW link

A (small) cri­tique of to­tal utilitarianism

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 26, 2012, 12:36 PM
47 points
237 comments11 min readLW link

The Shab­bos goy

PhilGoetzMar 26, 2010, 4:16 PM
47 points
92 comments2 min readLW link

The Mean­ing of Right

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 29, 2008, 1:28 AM
61 points
156 comments23 min readLW link

Set­ting Up Metaethics

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 28, 2008, 2:25 AM
27 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­ral Complexities

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 4, 2008, 6:43 AM
31 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

The Be­drock of Fairness

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 3, 2008, 6:00 AM
58 points
103 comments5 min readLW link

Re­bel­ling Within Nature

Eliezer YudkowskyJul 13, 2008, 12:32 PM
43 points
38 comments8 min readLW link

Causal­ity and Mo­ral Responsibility

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 13, 2008, 8:34 AM
56 points
55 comments5 min readLW link

Be­ware Selec­tive Nihilism

Wei DaiDec 20, 2012, 6:53 PM
63 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

“On Bul­lshit” and “On Truth,” by Harry Frankfurt

CallmesalticidaeAug 28, 2020, 12:44 AM
20 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Crime and punishment

PhilGoetzMar 24, 2011, 9:53 PM
50 points
192 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­tected From Myself

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2008, 12:09 AM
48 points
30 comments6 min readLW link

Prices or Bind­ings?

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 21, 2008, 4:00 PM
45 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

For the past, in some ways only, we are moral degenerates

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 7, 2019, 3:57 PM
32 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Win­ners-take-how-much?

YonatanKMay 29, 2023, 9:56 PM
3 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

An LLM-based “ex­em­plary ac­tor”

Roman LeventovMay 29, 2023, 11:12 AM
16 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

On Ob­jec­tive Ethics, and a bit about boats

EndlessBlueMay 31, 2023, 11:40 AM
−7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Only hu­mans can have hu­man values

PhilGoetzApr 26, 2010, 6:57 PM
48 points
161 comments17 min readLW link

AI should be used to find bet­ter morality

JorterderJun 2, 2023, 8:38 PM
−21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Safe AI and moral AI

William D'AlessandroJun 1, 2023, 9:36 PM
−3 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Insep­a­rably Right; or, Joy in the Merely Good

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 9, 2008, 1:00 AM
57 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

The In­trin­sic In­ter­play of Hu­man Values and Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: Nav­i­gat­ing the Op­ti­miza­tion Challenge

Joe KwonJun 5, 2023, 8:41 PM
2 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Etho­dy­nam­ics of Omelas

dr_sJun 10, 2023, 4:24 PM
83 points
18 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Non­para­met­ric Ethics

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 20, 2009, 11:31 AM
40 points
60 comments5 min readLW link

Please Don’t Fight the Hypothetical

TimSApr 20, 2012, 2:29 PM
40 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

By de­fault, avoid am­bigu­ous dis­tant situations

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2019, 2:48 PM
33 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Crit­i­cism of Eliezer’s ir­ra­tional moral beliefs

JorterderJun 16, 2023, 8:47 PM
−17 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man er­rors, hu­man values

PhilGoetzApr 9, 2011, 2:50 AM
45 points
138 comments1 min readLW link

Sum­mary: Sur­real Decisions

Chris_LeongNov 27, 2018, 2:15 PM
29 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Ad­vo­cat­ing for fac­tual ad­vo­cacy

JsevillamolMay 6, 2018, 8:47 AM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments and Consent

jefftkNov 10, 2019, 2:50 PM
30 points
45 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ex­traor­di­nary ethics re­quire ex­traor­di­nary arguments

aaqFeb 17, 2019, 2:59 PM
26 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

In fa­vor of taboo­ing the word “val­ues” and us­ing only “pri­ori­ties” instead

chaosmageOct 25, 2018, 10:28 PM
21 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

How to an­noy mis­an­thropes and bleed­ing-hearts

PhilGoetzJul 7, 2011, 2:27 AM
35 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

A case for ga­mete per­son­hood (re­duc­tio ad ab­sur­dum)

Ansyn1312Jul 20, 2023, 8:25 AM
−1 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Un­der­wa­ter Tor­ture Cham­bers: The Hor­ror Of Fish Farming

omnizoidJul 26, 2023, 12:27 AM
83 points
50 comments10 min readLW link1 review

Univer­sal Eudaimonia

hg00Oct 5, 2020, 1:45 PM
19 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Not Tak­ing Over the World

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 15, 2008, 10:18 PM
40 points
97 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tially rele­vant thought ex­per­i­ment: To kill or not to kill, a sniper, a man and a but­ton.

AlexFromSafeTransitionAug 14, 2023, 10:53 AM
−18 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Is re­quires ought

jessicataOct 28, 2019, 2:36 AM
30 points
60 comments7 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Virtue ethics and why the ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity might care about it.

David GrossOct 22, 2020, 3:53 AM
36 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

In­fant Mor­tal­ity and the Ar­gu­ment from Life History

ozymandiasOct 4, 2017, 11:10 PM
13 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal Inhibitions

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 19, 2008, 8:44 PM
31 points
63 comments5 min readLW link

In­visi­ble Frameworks

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 22, 2008, 3:36 AM
27 points
47 comments6 min readLW link

Fair­ness vs. Goodness

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 22, 2009, 8:22 PM
15 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Lies and Secrets

steven0461Mar 8, 2009, 2:43 PM
19 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Aging re­search and pop­u­la­tion ethics

emanuele ascaniApr 28, 2019, 7:21 AM
15 points
3 comments6 min readLW link
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