Iâm not convinced by the idea of doing something harmful âon purposeâ and then compensating for it to be able to continue the harmful behaviour without feeling guilty. Additionally, as people who have been in the EA community for a long time, I think there is a chance that we will be seen as representatives of the movement, and this gives us an additional responsibility because others might take our actions as an example and behave in a similar way (e.g. in this case, âah! itâs ok to eat meat if I donate ÂŁ25-100 a year to ACE). If I imagined that it was me, and someone was doing something harmful to me during the year and helping me to compensate for the harm so that they wouldnât feel too bad about harming me again next yearâI would find that disturbing.
This being said, I agree with the other parts of your previous comment, e.g. on âdirect workâ and âworking at EA orgsâ; and that âpeople greatly differ in how much of a sacrifice specific things are to them, and how comfortable they are with different levels of sacrifice.â Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Michelle!
Iâm not convinced by the idea of doing something harmful âon purposeâ and then compensating for it to be able to continue the harmful behaviour without feeling guilty. Additionally, as people who have been in the EA community for a long time, I think there is a chance that we will be seen as representatives of the movement, and this gives us an additional responsibility because others might take our actions as an example and behave in a similar way (e.g. in this case, âah! itâs ok to eat meat if I donate ÂŁ25-100 a year to ACE).
If I imagined that it was me, and someone was doing something harmful to me during the year and helping me to compensate for the harm so that they wouldnât feel too bad about harming me again next yearâI would find that disturbing.
This being said, I agree with the other parts of your previous comment, e.g. on âdirect workâ and âworking at EA orgsâ; and that âpeople greatly differ in how much of a sacrifice specific things are to them, and how comfortable they are with different levels of sacrifice.â Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Michelle!