Why AMF is the best under deprivationism followed by TRIA (AC=5), then TRIA (AC=25), then Epicureanism.
Um, because these are literally the results these views are structured to give! To me, your question is akin to asking “why does consequentialism care more about consequences than deontology?” Sorry, maybe I’ve misunderstood.
Why StrongMinds is generally better than AMF (almost irregardless of what your philosophical view is).
To be clear, there is no intuition here! These are the outputs of an empirical analysis. There’s absolutely no reason it has to be true that the purported best life-extending intervention is better, under a range of different philosophical assumptions, than the purported best life-improving one. In a nearby possible world, AMF* could have been very many times more cost-effective on the assumptions most generous to saving lives.
Is it not true that if AMF generally saved older people then giving to AMF would have been equally as good under TRIA as deprivationism?
If so I think it’s worth making this explicit. It’s an interesting and important point that for interventions that prolong the lives of older people, it isn’t nearly as consequential what moral theory you choose. It’s far more consequential for interventions that save young people.
I generally think intuitions like this are very useful as it allows your analysis to be applied to more scenarios than just the one at hand.
Um, because these are literally the results these views are structured to give! To me, your question is akin to asking “why does consequentialism care more about consequences than deontology?” Sorry, maybe I’ve misunderstood.
To be clear, there is no intuition here! These are the outputs of an empirical analysis. There’s absolutely no reason it has to be true that the purported best life-extending intervention is better, under a range of different philosophical assumptions, than the purported best life-improving one. In a nearby possible world, AMF* could have been very many times more cost-effective on the assumptions most generous to saving lives.
Is it not true that if AMF generally saved older people then giving to AMF would have been equally as good under TRIA as deprivationism?
If so I think it’s worth making this explicit. It’s an interesting and important point that for interventions that prolong the lives of older people, it isn’t nearly as consequential what moral theory you choose. It’s far more consequential for interventions that save young people.
I generally think intuitions like this are very useful as it allows your analysis to be applied to more scenarios than just the one at hand.