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Against Stealing Children

Parents needn't be the "best available"

Feb 11 • Richard Y Chappell

Inconsistent Anthropocentrism

Animals < Humans < Nature?

Oct 7, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

The Gift of Life

Against Anti-natalism

Jul 30, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

A Human Abundance Agenda

Review (#2/2) of *After the Spike*

Jul 8, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

The Costs of Permission

Against barriers to good behavior

Jul 5, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Why Depopulation Matters

Review (#1/2) of *After the Spike*

Jul 1, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

Don't Void Your Pets

Good life is good, for animals too

Apr 12, 2025 • Richard Y Chappell

The Value of an Action

And how the baseline may depend upon fitting attitudes

Jun 10, 2024 • Richard Y Chappell

Is it worse to harm all bank tellers or just the feminist ones?

Jun 8, 2024 • Richard Y Chappell

Utopian Enemies of the Better

Lesser evils should be preferred over greater ones

Apr 20, 2024 • Richard Y Chappell

The Profoundest Error in Population Ethics

Confused metaphysical dismissals of future-inclusive beneficence

Mar 4, 2024 • Richard Y Chappell

Harman, Harm, and the Non-Identity Problem

On intrinsic harms and welfare comparisons

Feb 10, 2024 • Richard Y Chappell

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