mostly agree, but you need a couple more assumptions to make that work.
poverty = person affecting view of population ethics or pure time discounting + belief poverty relief is the best way to increase well-being (I’m not sure it is. See my old forum post
Also, you could split poverty (things like Give Directly) from global health (AMF, SCI, etc.). You probably need a person-affecting view or pure time discounting if you support health over x-risk, unless you’re just really sceptical about x-risks.
animals = I think animals are only a priority if you believe in a impersonal population ethic like totalism (maximise happiness over history of the universe, hence creating happy life is good), and you either do pure time discounting or you’re suffering focused (i.e. unhappiness counts more than happiness)
If you’re a straightforward presentist (a person-affecting population ethic on which only presently existing things count), which is what you might mean by ‘short term’. You probably shouldn’t focus on animals. Why? Animal welfare reforms don’t benefit the presently existing animals, but the next generation of animals, who don’t count on presentism as they don’t presently exist.
mostly agree, but you need a couple more assumptions to make that work.
poverty = person affecting view of population ethics or pure time discounting + belief poverty relief is the best way to increase well-being (I’m not sure it is. See my old forum post
Also, you could split poverty (things like Give Directly) from global health (AMF, SCI, etc.). You probably need a person-affecting view or pure time discounting if you support health over x-risk, unless you’re just really sceptical about x-risks.
animals = I think animals are only a priority if you believe in a impersonal population ethic like totalism (maximise happiness over history of the universe, hence creating happy life is good), and you either do pure time discounting or you’re suffering focused (i.e. unhappiness counts more than happiness)
If you’re a straightforward presentist (a person-affecting population ethic on which only presently existing things count), which is what you might mean by ‘short term’. You probably shouldn’t focus on animals. Why? Animal welfare reforms don’t benefit the presently existing animals, but the next generation of animals, who don’t count on presentism as they don’t presently exist.