As I said, I’m accepting the argument (that’s why I chose option 3!).
Option 3: Offer a constructive response
Accept the argument—and tell us what the impartial altruist should do anyway. Grant the conclusion, but offer a constructive response: defend a solution Anthony considers and rejects (e.g. wagering), or propose something entirely original.[3]I
I indeed can’t find any impartial-altruistic rational reasons to pick one course of action over another if I reason at a cosmic scale, but my response explained why people should do effective altruism anyway (self-interest)! 😁
NB: I only read the summary by Toby and didn’t engage with the larger body of posts from Anthony and others, so I most probably am missing crucial nuance TBF!
About the small portion of text you quoted (could you please let me know where it’s from btw? EDIT: Just found it on your link, will read full text later!): I’m not sure I understand that compassion or avoiding dishonesty are different from Effective Altruism. To me the latter is the same as the formers but applied at a slightly different scale (e.g. Effective Altruism advocates being compassionate about all humans on the planet equally instead of say, preferring to show more compassion to those who are local to us). Therefore I also don’t understand the point about compassion or avoiding dishonesty being able to act as action-guiding principles Vs EA not being able to. Finally I don’t really understand what ‘action-guiding’ means as a concept—from your text it seems it has a precise definition which I’d love to learn more about.
Thanks Ben!
As I said, I’m accepting the argument (that’s why I chose option 3!).
I indeed can’t find any impartial-altruistic rational reasons to pick one course of action over another if I reason at a cosmic scale, but my response explained why people should do effective altruism anyway (self-interest)! 😁
NB: I only read the summary by Toby and didn’t engage with the larger body of posts from Anthony and others, so I most probably am missing crucial nuance TBF!
About the small portion of text you quoted (could you please let me know where it’s from btw? EDIT: Just found it on your link, will read full text later!): I’m not sure I understand that compassion or avoiding dishonesty are different from Effective Altruism. To me the latter is the same as the formers but applied at a slightly different scale (e.g. Effective Altruism advocates being compassionate about all humans on the planet equally instead of say, preferring to show more compassion to those who are local to us). Therefore I also don’t understand the point about compassion or avoiding dishonesty being able to act as action-guiding principles Vs EA not being able to. Finally I don’t really understand what ‘action-guiding’ means as a concept—from your text it seems it has a precise definition which I’d love to learn more about.