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By Simon Knutsson Published August 23, 2023 Summary I explain parts of my moral view briefly. I also talk about some arguments for and against my view. The basics of my moral view include that one should focus on reducing

Published February 17, 2023; follow-up added at the end of the text on March 12, 2023 By Simon Knutsson Roger Thisdell is a meditation teacher and was in a master’s programme in Epistemology, Ethics and Philosophy of Mind at The

First published December 29, 2022; minor update January 9, 2023 Draft Simon Knutsson Efforts to improve the world and help others effectively predate and occur outside of what is called ‘effective altruism’, of course. There are older and broader societal

Simon Knutsson Work in progress First published 2 September 2022; last updated 3 June 2023 Comments are very welcome to, for example, simonknutsson@gmail.com Feel free to e-mail me to get the latest version of the draft Abstract I reply to

Published August 25, 2022; substantial revisions May 16, 2023 Simon Knutsson Work in progress Abstract I give an argument for pessimism about the value of the world, the value of the future, and the welfare of present and future beings.

Author: Lars Bergström Originally published in 1978 in Swedish Translated by Simon Knutsson Translation published online on July 13, 2022 Nowadays, one can, without major inconvenience, exterminate mankind. According to calculations that appear reliable, we had, for example, already a

Work in progress Simon Knutsson First published May 8, 2022; substantial revisions December 16, 2022; minor revision December 17, 2022 Abstract Consider the view that human extinction would be less bad than continued existence. Or some related views such as

By Simon Knutsson Published May 29, 2021; minor updates August 16, 2021 Summary I list activities that could be parts of a path to human extinction. I think the most effective activity is influencing policy. Many policies might matter for

By Simon Knutsson May 30, 2020 Summary I encourage people to talk about pessimism, antinatalism, negative utilitarianism, and similar views. And I explain why I believe it’s important to encourage this. Essentially, some mechanisms push against talking about these ideas,

Саймон Кнутссон (Simon Knutsson) Написано: 11 апр. 2016; последнее обновление: 22 сент. 2016 Переведено с английского Александром Щёловым, 29 нояб. 2016 Краткое содержание Лесли (Leslie 1998) пишет: “Обсуждая, была ли Вселенная создана доброжелательным божеством, философы часто отмечают, что наш мир