Eh, Iām with Aristotle on this one: itās better to start early with moral education. If anything, I think EA leaves it too late. We should be thinking about how to encourage the virtues of scope-sensitive beneficentrism (obviously not using those terms!) starting in early childhood.
(Or, rather, since most actual EAs arenāt qualified to do this, we should hope to win over some early childhood educators who would be competent to do this!)
Are you imagining this being taught to children in a philosophy class along topics like virtue ethics etc, or do you think that āscope-sensitive beneficententrismā should be taught just as students are taught the golden rule and not to bully one another?
I think there could be ways of doing both. But yeah, I think the core idea of āitās good to actively help people, and helping more is better than helping lessā should be a core component of civic virtue thatās taught as plain commonsense wisdom alongside āracism is badā, etc.
Eh, Iām with Aristotle on this one: itās better to start early with moral education. If anything, I think EA leaves it too late. We should be thinking about how to encourage the virtues of scope-sensitive beneficentrism (obviously not using those terms!) starting in early childhood.
(Or, rather, since most actual EAs arenāt qualified to do this, we should hope to win over some early childhood educators who would be competent to do this!)
Are you imagining this being taught to children in a philosophy class along topics like virtue ethics etc, or do you think that āscope-sensitive beneficententrismā should be taught just as students are taught the golden rule and not to bully one another?
I think there could be ways of doing both. But yeah, I think the core idea of āitās good to actively help people, and helping more is better than helping lessā should be a core component of civic virtue thatās taught as plain commonsense wisdom alongside āracism is badā, etc.