Directory of Negative Utilitarianism Resources

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• Edmund Gurney (1847 - 1888)

  http://utilitarianism.com/gurney/index.html
  Brief summary of the life of the first negative utilitarian, by Derek Greatrex.

• Mission Statement of BLTC Research

  http://www.bltc.com/
  BLTC was founded to promote paradise engineering

• Negative utilitarianism, by David Pearce

  http://www.hedweb.com/negutil.htm
  Challenges the moral symmetry of pleasure and pain. Most philosophers jump to the conclusion that it would justify erasing the world were that the only way to eradicate suffering - however it is a little more complicated than that.

• Negativity

  http://www.utilitarian.org/negativity.html
  Short essay - some critical thoughts on negative utilitarianism: proposing an understanding of "negative" as a matter of degree.

• Paradise Engineering / The Hedonistic Imperative

  http://paradise-engineering.com/
  How genetic engineering and nanotechnology will enable us to get rid of suffering in all sentient life.

• The Least Suffering for the Smallest Number

  http://www.socrethics.com/
  A negative utilitarian approach to the problem of ethical priorities questioning the Copenhagen consensus.

 

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