MichaelStJules

Se­quence overview: Welfare and moral weights

Plea­sure and suffer­ing are not con­cep­tual opposites

Utili­tar­i­anism and the re­place­abil­ity of de­sires and attachments

Repug­nance and replacement

Gra­da­tions of moral weight

Which an­i­mals re­al­ize which types of sub­jec­tive welfare?

Solu­tion to the two en­velopes prob­lem for moral weights

Types of sub­jec­tive welfare

In­creas­ingly vague in­ter­per­sonal welfare comparisons

Ar­gu­ments for util­i­tar­i­anism are im­pos­si­bil­ity ar­gu­ments un­der un­bounded prospects

Un­bounded util­ity func­tions and precommitment

[Question] If AGI were com­ing in a year, what should we do?

Hard­code the AGI to need our ap­proval in­definitely?

How much should we still worry about catch­ing COVID? [Links and Dis­cus­sion Thread]