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A substack I started to write some essays :)

By alex

· Launched 10 months ago

Classifying our moral reasons

A quick rundown of principle-based conceptions of our moral reasons

Jun 2 • alex

An important announcement

I might not be posting here for the next 2 weeks!

Jun 9 • alex

The procreation asymmetry is wrong.

Neither the weak or strong variants hold up; you are just as obligated to create happy individuals.

May 26 • alex

In defense of the procreation asymmetry

Relatively short article defending the weak procreation asymmetry

May 21 • alex

Nobody cares about your personal experience.

Stop putting weight on anecdotes and stories; start putting weight on studies with good epistemology.

May 20 • alex

Recent posts

The anthropic argument against God

Our existence is very likely under a morally perfect God.

May 16 • alex

Liberal bias is slowly killing academia.

The debate should not be about whether or not reality has a 'liberal bias'.

May 13 • alex

The future of your subscription ☻

you'll only be seeing better and better content.

May 6 • alex

Embracing the sadistic conclusion

Is there a good reason to prefer sadism over repugnance?

May 5 • alex

There is no act-omission distinction

Allowing harm is the moral equivalent of doing harm!

May 2 • alex

Professor Jiang is basically guessing.

"a broken clock is right twice a day"

Apr 26 • alex

10 ways you're being manipulated. (by your favorite creators)

Sometimes growth seems too good to be true because it is. Chances are, some of your favorite Substackers use these shady tricks.

Apr 14 • alex