He said the charity he donates to is the Institute for Justice, and when I asked him to quantify their output in EA terms he stated that the number of successful Supreme Court cases would be a good metric for measuring their success. I imagine standard EA philosophy would look down on this metric for some reason that I can’t exactly quantify. But it does seem like the best attempt to make sense of a confusing situation.
I spontaneously would’ve thought that something broadly in the direction of positively influencing the US political system in terms of EA causes would be met with broad approval. I think the metric is a bit useless as this seems more of a qualitative context in terms of evaluating projects.
E.g. this case of the German constitutional court deciding in favor of the flourishing of the young and future generations was rated positively, among others by members of the Legal Priorities Project
Politics is an attempt to solve that ill health , by bringing parts (or at least the important parts) of the world into agreement, and what’s more, agreement on something that is true.
Also, just in case you weren’t aware, I think increasing cooperation among governments/institutions/societies is part of the motivation for the cause area of improving institutional decision-making.
I spontaneously would’ve thought that something broadly in the direction of positively influencing the US political system in terms of EA causes would be met with broad approval. I think the metric is a bit useless as this seems more of a qualitative context in terms of evaluating projects.
E.g. this case of the German constitutional court deciding in favor of the flourishing of the young and future generations was rated positively, among others by members of the Legal Priorities Project
Also, just in case you weren’t aware, I think increasing cooperation among governments/institutions/societies is part of the motivation for the cause area of improving institutional decision-making.