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Like many members of this community, reading the sequences has opened my eyes to a heavily neglected aspect of morality.  Before reading the

let me suggest a moral axiom with apparently very strong intuitive support, no matter what your concept of morality: morality should exist.

While doing some reading on philosophy I came across some interesting questions about the nature of having desires and preferences. One, do

Let's imagine a life extension drug has been discovered.  One dose of this drug extends one's life by 49.99 years.  This drug also has a mil

I feel extremely embarrassed about asking for help with this, but I have a philosophical quandary that has been eating at me for days.  I'm

In Robert Nozick's famous "Utility Monster" thought experiment he proposes the idea of a creature that does not receive diminishing marginal

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I was recently reading about the Transparent Newcomb with your Existence at Stake problem, which, to make a long story short, states that yo

It’s always good news when someone else develops an idea independently from you.  It's a sign you might be onto something.  Which is why I w