How is that better than individuals just donating to wherever they think makes sense on the margin? If it’s about reducing the influence of large donors, what is the incentive for large donors to participate?
How is that better than individuals just donating to wherever they think makes sense on the margin?
I think the comment already addresses that here:
moreover, rule by committee enables deliberation and information transfer, so that persuasion can be used to make decisions and potentially improve accuracy or competence at the loss of independence.
>If it’s about reducing the influence of large donors, what is the incentive for large donors to participate?
Even large donors suffer from the problem of the time cost in evaluating charities. Imagine there are 100 large donors. Imagine a”democratic lottery”, now turned oligarchic lottery, chooses the committee and voter weights based on the amount donated.
The incentive for wealthy individuals to participate is to reduce the huge evaluation costs. The oligarchic lottery can be trusted to on average, statistically represent their personal moral weights, proportionate to the wealth they donate. The small lottocratic committee makes the big decisions, so the large whole doesn’t have to make any decisions.
What incentive is there for wealthy people to donate to a democratic instead of oligarchic lottery? Even some wealthy people might believe in equal consideration of other people’s opinions, that their personal wealth does not make them better at utilitarian or moral calculation. If so, wealthy individuals can still reap the benefits of the lottery and reduce their personal evaluation costs.
How is that better than individuals just donating to wherever they think makes sense on the margin? If it’s about reducing the influence of large donors, what is the incentive for large donors to participate?
I think the comment already addresses that here:
>If it’s about reducing the influence of large donors, what is the incentive for large donors to participate?
Even large donors suffer from the problem of the time cost in evaluating charities. Imagine there are 100 large donors. Imagine a”democratic lottery”, now turned oligarchic lottery, chooses the committee and voter weights based on the amount donated.
The incentive for wealthy individuals to participate is to reduce the huge evaluation costs. The oligarchic lottery can be trusted to on average, statistically represent their personal moral weights, proportionate to the wealth they donate. The small lottocratic committee makes the big decisions, so the large whole doesn’t have to make any decisions.
What incentive is there for wealthy people to donate to a democratic instead of oligarchic lottery? Even some wealthy people might believe in equal consideration of other people’s opinions, that their personal wealth does not make them better at utilitarian or moral calculation. If so, wealthy individuals can still reap the benefits of the lottery and reduce their personal evaluation costs.