The Least Suffering for the Smallest Number

 

            Research on the Derivation of Ethical Priorities by Socrethics

 

 

            Descriptive

 

Utility and Pain in Biology

 

How could pain increase in the course of biological evolution?

Utility and Suffering in Culture

 

Can the evolution of suffering be influenced?

On the Perception of Risk and Benefit

Can the benefit/risk ratio be improved by technology?

 

 

 

            Normative

 

Preference-frustration and the Hedonistic Scale

 

Can suffering be a preference?

Hostility and the Minimization of Suffering

 

Does the minimization of suffering lead to a hostile philosophy?

Negative Utilitarianism and Justice

 

Should the maximum sufferers get lexical priority?

On the Principle of Non-Violence and Disengagement

 

Is non-violence a rational strategy?

 

 

            Applied

 

Global Priorities and Resource Allocation

 

What’s wrong about the Copenhagen Consensus?

 

 

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