negative utilitarianism Archives - Center for Reducing Suffering Our mission is to reduce severe suffering, taking all sentient beings into account Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cfrs-logo-square-150x150.png negative utilitarianism 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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