Nikhil Venkatesh: Left-Utilitarianism and Socialism for Effective Altruists @RahulSam
Nikhil Venkatesh: Left-Utilitarianism and Socialism for Effective Altruists  @RahulSam
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Dr Nikhil Venkatesh is a fellow in the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law at King's College London. He specialises in moral, social, and political philosophy. His research focuses primarily on utilitarianism and socialism. His PhD thesis argues that recognising the social nature of persons makes utilitarianism more defensible. In this episode, we discuss the social nature of a person contra human nature, collective vs. individual actions, Marxism, socialism, utilitarianism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.

You can find more of Dr Venkatesh's work at ⁠⁠https://nikhilvenkateshphilosophy.com⁠ and ⁠⁠https://x.com/nikvenkatesh/.

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