I’m previously unfamiliar with this author’s work, though I see they have written other criticisms of EA and longtermism that have been discussed here. This new article (link below) is the only writing of Torres’ that I’ve read. I’d like to hear thoughts from the community on this. Much of the criticism seems to be cherry-picked statements that are taken out of context, but a proper steelmanning of these criticisms seems worthwhile.
Thoughts on Émile P. Torres’ new article, ‘Understanding “longtermism”: Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic’?
I’m previously unfamiliar with this author’s work, though I see they have written other criticisms of EA and longtermism that have been discussed here. This new article (link below) is the only writing of Torres’ that I’ve read. I’d like to hear thoughts from the community on this. Much of the criticism seems to be cherry-picked statements that are taken out of context, but a proper steelmanning of these criticisms seems worthwhile.
https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/?fbclid=IwAR1YpCMs7TJa0aB7HK6yFj05IxsiY2KcEnfy3ej0JqtDOuu6kaM6TpnUZUI