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Negative utilitarianism

Negative utilitarianism (NU) is a form of negative consequentialism that can be described as the view that people should minimize the total amount of aggregate suffering, or that they should minimize suffering and then, secondarily, maximize the total amount of happiness. It can be regarded as a version of utilitarianism that gives greater priority to…

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related to Attempting world destruction would be counterproductive · 11
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related to The weight of evil (disutility) · 11
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related to Frustrated preferences · 10
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