Magnus Vinding

Better Will offers a critique of Sam Harris's Free Will (2012), challenging Harris's one-sided and overly limiting portrayal of human agency. Vinding argues that Harris downplays our abilities to understand ourselves, to reshape our intentions, and... Lire la suite

Essays on Suffering-Focused Ethics is a collection of 34 essays that explore various questions related to the reduction of suffering. Some of the essays provide novel arguments in favor of suffering-focused moral views, while others explore urgent... Lire la suite

What is mathematics? This book aims to explore the nature of mathematics given a physicalist ontology. It begins by outlining a physicalist account of the nature of mathematics presented by László Szabó, and proceeds to discuss the main objections... Lire la suite

The reduction of suffering deserves special priority. Many ethical views support this claim, yet so far these have not been presented in a single place. Suffering-Focused Ethics provides the most comprehensive presentation of suffering-focused... Lire la suite

This essay aims to show that veganism follows from our own core values. The essay is divided into two parts: the first part presents a simple argument for veganism based on a widely shared ethical principle, while the second part argues that... Lire la suite

“An excellent concise statement of the arguments for going vegan.”
— Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, author of Animal Liberation. Magnus Vinding provides a comprehensive review of the many reasons to stop supporting... Lire la suite

A lot of people are talking about "superintelligent AI" these days. But what are they talking about? Indeed, what is "intelligence" in the first place? This question is often left unanswered in discussions about the peril and promise of artificial... Lire la suite

The “happy meat” position does not challenge our large-scale mistreatment of non-human beings, but rather serves to support it. That is among the core claims of this essay, which argues that the rejection of the "happy meat" position is critical if... Lire la suite

Better Will offers a critique of Sam Harris's Free Will (2012), challenging Harris's one-sided and overly limiting portrayal of human agency. Vinding argues that Harris downplays our abilities to understand ourselves, to reshape our intentions, and... Lire la suite

What follows if we reject belief in any kind of non-physical soul and instead embrace a physicalist picture of the world? A key implication, this book argues, is a naturalization of personal identity and ethics — a radically different way of... Lire la suite

Magnus Vinding proporciona una revisión exhaustiva de las muchas razones que hay para dejar de apoyar a la industria animal y, en cambio, hacer la transición hacia un sistema que sea menos dañino, tanto para los seres humanos como para los no... Lire la suite

Two loose currents appear to be in opposition in today's culture. One is animated by a strong insistence on empathy and compassion as core values, the other by a strong insistence on free speech as a core value. These two currents are often... Lire la suite

What can justify discrimination against other sentient beings? In this book, Magnus Vinding explores the issue of species discrimination. He argues that speciesism — discrimination based on species membership — is unjustifiable, and proceeds to... Lire la suite

Do we have free will? Not many questions can excite people more than this one, and for good reasons. Our ideas about our own freedom influence some of the most important aspects of our lives, from our political decisions and legal practices to our... Lire la suite

This essay aims to show that veganism follows from our own core values. The essay is divided into two parts: the first part presents a simple argument for veganism based on a widely shared ethical principle, while the second part argues that... Lire la suite

"An excellent concise statement of the arguments for going vegan." — Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, author of Animal Liberation. Magnus Vinding provides a comprehensive review of the many reasons to stop supporting the... Lire la suite

This essay presents a case against being a pure consequentialist. Being a pure consequentialist is implausible because it is either an inconsistent position, or it implies an implausibly dogmatic stance toward pure consequentialism itself. Moreover,... Lire la suite

The "happy meat" position does not challenge our large-scale mistreatment of non-human beings, but rather serves to support it. That is among the core claims of this essay, which argues that the rejection of the "happy meat" position is critical if... Lire la suite

Discriminating against individuals based on their species membership is no more justified than discriminating against individuals based on their race or gender. In other words, speciesism must be rejected. From this simple starting point, the... Lire la suite

'Essays on UFOs and Related Conjectures' invites readers to reflect on their beliefs and intuitions concerning extraterrestrial intelligence. The essays in this collection explore the extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis, optimized futures, and possible... Lire la suite