AAP Bonus Episode: AAC23 | Discussing Suffering-Focused Ethics with Magnus Vinding

Welcome back to another AAP bonus episode! We're bringing you our final session from December's Antinatalist Advocacy conference: a conversation on suffering-focused ethics with author Magnus Vinding. Where do antintatalism and suffering-focused ethics overlap or diverge? Is there too much of a focus on achieving 'best case' outcomes, and not enough focus on avoiding moral catastrophes? And what can people practically do to reduce suffering in the world? Let us know your thoughts!

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

02:10 The conversation begins

1:02:38 Outro

ANTINATALIST ADVOCACY

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Magnus Vinding

• Website: https://magnusvinding.com/about/
• Center for Reducing Suffering: https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/
• Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vZ4kB8gpvkfHLfz8d/critique-of-macaskill-s-is-it-good-to-make-happy-people
• The Speciesism of Leaving Nature Alone and the Theoretical Case for “Wildlife Anti-Natalism”: https://amzn.eu/d/07rQVJ92
• Antinatalism and reducing suffering: A case of suspicious convergence: https://magnusvinding.com/2021/02/20/antinatalism-and-reducing-suffering/

Check out the links below!

• Original video: https://youtu.be/AkBqFyoCIn0
• AAC23 website: https://antinatalistadvocacy.org/projects/aac
• Day 1 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFU9Cu48WNM
• Day 2 of AAC23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxcR1pLFPFU
• Tobias Baumann: 'Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe': https://amzn.eu/d/0gspBHg1
• Lawrence Anton: 'Antinatalism & the Future of Suffering | Magnus Vinding & Brian Tomasik': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO8EGHy-QQw