I agree that this methodology should be better explained and justified. In a previous blog post on Open Philanthropy’s cause prioritisation framework, I noted that Open Philanthropy defers to GiveWell for what the ‘moral weights’ about the badness of death should be, but that GiveWell doesn’t provide a rationale for its own choice (see image below).
I, with colleagues at HLI, are working on a document that specifically looking at philosophical issues about how to compare improving to saving lives. We hope to publish that within 4 weeks.
I agree that this methodology should be better explained and justified. In a previous blog post on Open Philanthropy’s cause prioritisation framework, I noted that Open Philanthropy defers to GiveWell for what the ‘moral weights’ about the badness of death should be, but that GiveWell doesn’t provide a rationale for its own choice (see image below).
I, with colleagues at HLI, are working on a document that specifically looking at philosophical issues about how to compare improving to saving lives. We hope to publish that within 4 weeks.