Obviously I agree with this. I find it strange that you would take me to be disagreeing with this and defending some sort of pure pleasure version of utilitarianism. What I said was that I care about “meaning, fulfillment, love”—not just suffering, and not just pleasure either.
That seems like a misunderstanding – I didn’t mean to be saying anything about your particular views!
I only brought up classical hedonistic utilitarianism because it’s a view that many EAs still place a lot of credence on (it seems more popular than negative utilitarianism?). Your comment seemed to me to be unfairly singling out something about (strongly/exclusively) suffering-focused ethics. I wanted to point out that there are other EA-held views (not yours) where the same criticism applies the same or (arguably) even more.
That seems like a misunderstanding – I didn’t mean to be saying anything about your particular views!
I only brought up classical hedonistic utilitarianism because it’s a view that many EAs still place a lot of credence on (it seems more popular than negative utilitarianism?). Your comment seemed to me to be unfairly singling out something about (strongly/exclusively) suffering-focused ethics. I wanted to point out that there are other EA-held views (not yours) where the same criticism applies the same or (arguably) even more.