Essays on Reducing Suffering

Alan Dawrst --

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Overview

Ways to Reduce Suffering

On the Seriousness of Suffering

Recommended Reading

Wild-Animal Suffering

The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering

The Predominance of Wild-Animal Suffering over Happiness: An Open Problem (pdf)

Can Insects Feel Pain?

Humane Insecticides: A Cost-Effectiveness Calculation

Creating Infinite Suffering: Lab Universes

Factory Farming

Does Vegetarianism Make a Difference?

How Much Direct Suffering is Caused by Various Animal Foods?

How Much Is a Dollar Worth? (pdf)

Vegetarianism and Wild Animals

Pascal's Wager and Christianity

A Defense of Pascal's Wager

Why Christianity? The Pascalian Argument from the Probability of Hell

Hell and Numbers of Births

Explanations for Religious Diversity

Utilitarianism, Infinity, and Christianity

Making Money to Reduce Suffering

Why Activists Should Consider Making Lots of Money

The Case for Risky Investments

Why Maximize Expected Value?

Donatable-Wealth Calculator

A Free Lunch for Donors: Covariance in Wealth and Cost-Effectiveness

Miscellaneous Topics

Thoughts on Friendly AI

Why the Hard Problem Matters

If Free Will Were Coherent, We Ought to Believe in It

Are More Complicated Revelations Less Probable?

Further Material

Additional Essays

Reducing Suffering Blog