Great idea ! I really support this debate, I think it is a topic that is currently not taken into account enough.
I’d be surprised if there isn’t something in the order of a 100x difference in cost effectiveness in favour of animals interventions (as indicated in some of the resources above).
Animals are much more numerous, neglected, and have terrible living conditions, so there’s simply much more to do. And as indicated through research on the moral weight Project, it’s hard to have a high confidence that their level of sentience is very low compared to humans.
We have a natural tendency to prefer humans (we know them well, after all), so a context in which we can challenge this assumption is welcome.
Great idea ! I really support this debate, I think it is a topic that is currently not taken into account enough.
I’d be surprised if there isn’t something in the order of a 100x difference in cost effectiveness in favour of animals interventions (as indicated in some of the resources above).
Animals are much more numerous, neglected, and have terrible living conditions, so there’s simply much more to do. And as indicated through research on the moral weight Project, it’s hard to have a high confidence that their level of sentience is very low compared to humans.
We have a natural tendency to prefer humans (we know them well, after all), so a context in which we can challenge this assumption is welcome.