My two cents: I view EA as supererogatory, so I donāt feel bad about my previous lack of donations, but feel good about my current giving.
Changing the āmoral baselineā does not really change decisions: seeing ānot donatingā as bad and ādonatingā as neutral leads to the same choices as seeing ānot donatingā as neutral and ādonatingā as good.
In principle, changing the moral baseline shouldnāt change decisionsāif we were fully rational utility maximizers. But for typical humans with human psychology, moral baselines matter greatly, in terms of social signaling, self-signaling, self-esteem, self-image, mental health, etc.
I agree! Thatās why Iām happy that I can set it wherever it helps me the most in practice (e.g. makes me feel the āoptimalā amount of guilt, potentially 0)
My two cents: I view EA as supererogatory, so I donāt feel bad about my previous lack of donations, but feel good about my current giving.
Changing the āmoral baselineā does not really change decisions: seeing ānot donatingā as bad and ādonatingā as neutral leads to the same choices as seeing ānot donatingā as neutral and ādonatingā as good.
In principle, changing the moral baseline shouldnāt change decisionsāif we were fully rational utility maximizers. But for typical humans with human psychology, moral baselines matter greatly, in terms of social signaling, self-signaling, self-esteem, self-image, mental health, etc.
I agree! Thatās why Iām happy that I can set it wherever it helps me the most in practice (e.g. makes me feel the āoptimalā amount of guilt, potentially 0)