The Asymmetry Archives - Center for Reducing Suffering Our mission is to reduce severe suffering, taking all sentient beings into account Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:51:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cfrs-logo-square-150x150.png The Asymmetry Archives - Center for Reducing Suffering 32 32 194688957 Popular views of population ethics imply a priority on preventing worst-case outcomes https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/popular-views-of-population-ethics-imply-a-priority-on-preventing-worst-case-outcomes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=popular-views-of-population-ethics-imply-a-priority-on-preventing-worst-case-outcomes Sun, 11 Dec 2022 23:53:22 +0000 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/?p=2303 A wide variety of views can support a focus on preventing worst-case outcomes. More than that, it appears that the views of population ethics held by the general population also, on average, imply a priority on preventing futures with large numbers of miserable beings. My aim in this post is to elaborate on this point […]

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]]> 2303 Reply to Chappell’s “Rethinking the Asymmetry” https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/reply-to-chappells-rethinking-the-asymmetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reply-to-chappells-rethinking-the-asymmetry Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:09:22 +0000 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/?p=1943 My aim in this post is to respond to the arguments presented in Richard Yetter Chappell’s “Rethinking the Asymmetry”. Chappell argues against the Asymmetry in population ethics, which roughly holds that the addition of bad lives makes the world worse, whereas the addition of good lives does not make the world better (other things being […]

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