First, I want to say that I do not endorse TRIA. This post wanted to look at applying the SWB approach given what people’s moral views seem to be, rather than evaluate how good those views are. GiveWell staff and many EAs (implictly) endorse TRIA, hence I discussed it.
FWIW, I don’t think the concern that TRIA ignores equality really hits the mark. If you think what matters is interest, then you weight by the strength of interest, and—adding some further theory—young children don’t seem to have such strong interest in survival as older humans. I think there are deep problems with TRIA, but I don’t think concerns about equality is one of them.
First, I want to say that I do not endorse TRIA. This post wanted to look at applying the SWB approach given what people’s moral views seem to be, rather than evaluate how good those views are. GiveWell staff and many EAs (implictly) endorse TRIA, hence I discussed it.
FWIW, I don’t think the concern that TRIA ignores equality really hits the mark. If you think what matters is interest, then you weight by the strength of interest, and—adding some further theory—young children don’t seem to have such strong interest in survival as older humans. I think there are deep problems with TRIA, but I don’t think concerns about equality is one of them.