Personally, I think the term āimportant between-cause considerationsā seems fairly clear in what it means, and seems to fill a useful role. I think an expanded version like āimportant considerations when trying to prioritise between causesā also seems fine, but if the concept is mentioned often the shorter version would be handy.
And Iād say we should avoid abbreviating it to IBC except in posts (like this one) that mention the term often and use the expanded form firstābut in those posts, abbreviating it seems fine.
I think āhow to prioritise causesā is a bit different. Specifically, I think that thatād include not just considerations about the causes themselves (IBCs), but also āmethodological pointsā about how to approach the question of how to prioritise, such as:
āfocus on the interventions within each cause that seem especially goodā
āconsider importance, tractability, and neglectednessā
āconsider important between-cause considerationsā
(That said, I think that that those āmethodological pointsā are also important, and now realise that Jackās ācalls to actionā might be similarly important in relation to those as in relation to IBCs.)
Personally, I think the term āimportant between-cause considerationsā seems fairly clear in what it means, and seems to fill a useful role. I think an expanded version like āimportant considerations when trying to prioritise between causesā also seems fine, but if the concept is mentioned often the shorter version would be handy.
And Iād say we should avoid abbreviating it to IBC except in posts (like this one) that mention the term often and use the expanded form firstābut in those posts, abbreviating it seems fine.
I think āhow to prioritise causesā is a bit different. Specifically, I think that thatād include not just considerations about the causes themselves (IBCs), but also āmethodological pointsā about how to approach the question of how to prioritise, such as:
āfocus on the interventions within each cause that seem especially goodā
āconsider importance, tractability, and neglectednessā
ātry sometimes taking a portfolio or multiplayer-thinking perspectiveā
āconsider important between-cause considerationsā
(That said, I think that that those āmethodological pointsā are also important, and now realise that Jackās ācalls to actionā might be similarly important in relation to those as in relation to IBCs.)