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Hilary Greaves

Hilary Greaves

Oxford GPI; longtermist moral philosopher

Oxford professor of philosophy and director of the Global Priorities Institute; key academic theorist of longtermism, the framework that animates much existential-risk-focused EA work.

current Professor of Philosophy; Director, Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford

Strategy positions

EA framingendorses

Explicitly EA-grounded prioritisation of existential risk

Argues that the long-run effects of present actions dominate the moral calculus; AI x-risk is one of the load-bearing applications of this view.

Strong longtermism is the thesis that the most important feature of our actions today is their effects on the very long-run future.
§ paperThe Case for Strong Longtermism· Global Priorities Institute· 2021· faithful paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Other people whose strategy tags overlap with Hilary Greaves's. Overlap is on tag identity, not stance; opposites can show up if they reference the same tags.

  • Benjamin Todd

    shared 1 · J=1.00

    Founder of 80,000 Hours

  • Nick Beckstead

    shared 1 · J=1.00

    Future Fund co-founder; FHI alumnus

Record last updated 2026-04-25.