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The Philosophy of effective altruism tag covers posts about the philosophical ideas behind EA, especially when they don't discuss particular causes or research methods.

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Effective Altruism is a Question (not an ideology)
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On "fringe" ideas
Kelsey Piper
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Effectiveness is a Conjunction of Multipliers
Thomas Kwa
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Beware surprising and suspicious convergence
Gregory Lewis🔸
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Getting on a different train: can Effective Altruism avoid collapsing into absurdity?
Peter McLaughlin
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Effective Altruism is an Ideology, not (just) a Question
James Fodor
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A philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Cause Prioritisation Framework
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Aim high, even if you fall short
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In defence of epistemic modesty
Gregory Lewis🔸
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Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology
Violet Hour
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"Doing Good Best" isn't the EA ideal
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Works in Progress: The Long Journey to Doing Good Better by Dustin Moskovitz [Linkpost]
Nathan Young
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Defining Effective Altruism
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A full syllabus on longtermism
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Common-sense cases where "hypothetical future people" matter
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