Axiology Archives - Center for Reducing Suffering Our mission is to reduce severe suffering, taking all sentient beings into account Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:59:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cfrs-logo-square-150x150.png Axiology Archives - Center for Reducing Suffering 32 32 194688957 Comparing repugnant conclusions: Response to the “near-perfect paradise vs. small hell” objection https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/comparing-repugnant-conclusions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comparing-repugnant-conclusions Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:36:47 +0000 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/?p=1479 Minimalist views of value hold that “the less of a given bad, the better”, and further hold that the only form of positive value that exists is the reduction of bads (e.g. unmet needs). Negative utilitarianism is an example of a minimalist view, which specifically says “the less suffering, the better”. An objection sometimes raised […]

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]]> 1479 Note on Pummer’s “Worseness of nonexistence” https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/note-on-pummers-worseness-of-nonexistence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=note-on-pummers-worseness-of-nonexistence Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:38:08 +0000 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/?p=832 Summary In “The Worseness of Nonexistence”, Theron Pummer makes an interesting argument that suggests that a failure to create new people can be as bad as cutting an existing person’s life short. I here briefly sketch out a reply to Pummer that can be made, in some version, from a variety of different views. Outline […]

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