Well, that looks a bit like some twitter-level trolling and a textbook example of ‘begging the question’, doesn’t it? But let me follow the guidelines...
I wouldn’t say I am a ‘convinced EA’ or consider correct the assumption that posting on the forum is a necessary and sufficient condition thereof. I am interested in EA, and feel that some degree of ‘effective altruism’ with small caps is probably a valid moral obligation whatever your philosophical stance.
As for the books, I am a bit of a bookworm and appreciate being persuaded by detailed arguments, which I tend to find more in books -and they are less taxing on my eyes. And there are aspects of EA that I probably need to read solid arguments for, as they feel alien to some of my presuppositions (utilitarianism as a moral framework, rights of non rational and non-moral creatures, etc...).
if you’re already enough of a convinced EA to be posting on the EA forums, do you actually need to read any of the books? why?
Well, that looks a bit like some twitter-level trolling and a textbook example of ‘begging the question’, doesn’t it? But let me follow the guidelines...
I wouldn’t say I am a ‘convinced EA’ or consider correct the assumption that posting on the forum is a necessary and sufficient condition thereof. I am interested in EA, and feel that some degree of ‘effective altruism’ with small caps is probably a valid moral obligation whatever your philosophical stance.
As for the books, I am a bit of a bookworm and appreciate being persuaded by detailed arguments, which I tend to find more in books -and they are less taxing on my eyes. And there are aspects of EA that I probably need to read solid arguments for, as they feel alien to some of my presuppositions (utilitarianism as a moral framework, rights of non rational and non-moral creatures, etc...).