If EA is unquestionably utilitarian I don’t really like the vocabulary we use. Positive impact, altruism, global priorities research are all words that imply ethical agnosticism imo, or just seem somewhat disingenuous if not without proper context.
Also it’s a bit unclear to me that EA is unquestionably utilitarian. Is there some official statement by a top org saying as much?
On 80k’s “common misconceptions about ea” : “ Misconception #4: Effective altruism is just utilitarianism”.
Open Phil talks about world views they consider “plausible”, which isn’t explicitly anything nor is it compatible with anti realism.
I don’t doubt that EA operates as a utilitarian movement. But if this is more or less official than there should be more transparency.
If EA is unquestionably utilitarian I don’t really like the vocabulary we use. Positive impact, altruism, global priorities research are all words that imply ethical agnosticism imo, or just seem somewhat disingenuous if not without proper context.
Also it’s a bit unclear to me that EA is unquestionably utilitarian. Is there some official statement by a top org saying as much?
On 80k’s “common misconceptions about ea” : “ Misconception #4: Effective altruism is just utilitarianism”.
Open Phil talks about world views they consider “plausible”, which isn’t explicitly anything nor is it compatible with anti realism.
I don’t doubt that EA operates as a utilitarian movement. But if this is more or less official than there should be more transparency.
Yes, EA is much broader than utilitarianism. See comment above and Will’s paper.