Measuring Shadows

TL;DR: If the impacts of two causes add together, it might make sense to heavily prioritize the one with the higher expected value per dolla...

This is the second post in a series on actually being a utilitarian in the world; for the first post, look here .  Also, for a more theoret...

I've written a series of posts about the different types of utilitarianism  arguing for aggregate , classical, act, one-level  utilitar...

This post is partially a continuation of my previous posts on utilitarianism, and partially on philosophy in general; mostly, it's my t...

This is the sixth post in a series about utilitarianism .  For an introduction, see the first post.   For a look at total vs. average utili...

This is the fifth post in a series about utilitarianism.  For an introduction, see the first post .  For a look at total vs. average utilita...

This is my fourth in a series of posts on utilitarianism .  The first is an introduction.  The second is a post on average vs. total utili...

This is part three in a series of posts on utilitarianism.  For an introduction, see part one .  For a discussion of total vs. average utili...

This is the second in a series of posts about utilitarianism.  The first is  here .  Before I get started, though, there's one definitio...

While I wait for Basim code to run , I thought I'd write what will be the first of many pieces on ethics and doing what's right.  I...