<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:14:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@raztard/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The moral equation]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the previous posts (Part I, Part II) in this series I proposed that ethics from a global perspective is best seen as an optimization problem, and that the objective is to maximize the individual utility]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@raztard/the-moral-equation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@raztard/the-moral-equation</guid><category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raztard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:49:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who matters? And who cares?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part II of a planned series of posts on the foundations of ethics. In the first part (which you should probably read first if you haven't) I made the case that ethics (from a systems perspective)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@raztard/who-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@raztard/who-matters</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raztard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:14:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics is an optimization problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am new to this platform but I like it so far, and thought I might try it out to share something that has been on my mind a lot lately. Let's see if anyone will be interested (or even find it in the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@raztard/ethics-is-an-optimization-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethics/@raztard/ethics-is-an-optimization-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raztard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 23:45:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>