This seems to be an interesting approach to this question. However, for a top level post in this forum, I would like to see more of an attempt to link this directly to effective altruism, which, as many have noted, is not simply consequentialism. There is no mention of ‘effective altruism’, ‘charity’, ‘career’, ‘poverty’, ‘animal’ or ‘existential risk’ (of course effective altruism is broader than these things, but I think this is indicative).
I found Paul’s post useful, but I think it would have been good to point out that EA is not a type of consequentialism, since that’s a misconception I think we should try to stamp out.
This seems to be an interesting approach to this question. However, for a top level post in this forum, I would like to see more of an attempt to link this directly to effective altruism, which, as many have noted, is not simply consequentialism. There is no mention of ‘effective altruism’, ‘charity’, ‘career’, ‘poverty’, ‘animal’ or ‘existential risk’ (of course effective altruism is broader than these things, but I think this is indicative).
(Writing in a personal capacity)
Effective altruism is strongly linked with consequentialism, so much so, that I don’t think a more explicit link is required.
I found Paul’s post useful, but I think it would have been good to point out that EA is not a type of consequentialism, since that’s a misconception I think we should try to stamp out.