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Edmund Gurney (1847 - 1888)
Brief summary of the life of the first negative utilitarian, by Derek Greatrex.
Mission Statement of BLTC Research
BLTC was founded to promote paradise engineering
Negative Utilitarianism, by Dan Geinster
A manifesto defending this variety of utilitarianism. Defends a multidimensional approach to measure magnitude of pain.
Negative utilitarianism, by David Pearce
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
Short essay - some critical thoughts on negative utilitarianism: proposing an understanding of "negative" as a matter of degree.
Paradise Engineering / The Hedonistic Imperative
How genetic engineering and nanotechnology will enable us to get rid of suffering in all sentient life.