Sure—but this is why I included the section on offsetting for women, wherein I noted that the empirical evidence just doesn’t support the idea that reducing abortion causes comparable harm to adults.
Perhaps, but there are many ideas EAs believe in which come across as prima facie implausible to some people—this is why I gave arguments (with links for more detail) to suppose that human embryos have similar moral value to adult humans—so it is difficult to respond without knowing exactly where you think those arguments go wrong. Could you elaborate please?
Perhaps—though this is only a somewhat peripheral and unnecessary part of my argument—most of which depends on the idea that they do indeed have some value. There will be some EAs who do hold views with pronatalist implications—this argument should be quite powerful for them. Other EAs don’t hold such views—that’s fine.
As I noted in the post, it is not neglected in the USA, though it is neglected in certain sectors, and is extremely neglected outside the USA (and to an extent Latin America).
Thank you for your comments. To try and respond:
Sure—but this is why I included the section on offsetting for women, wherein I noted that the empirical evidence just doesn’t support the idea that reducing abortion causes comparable harm to adults.
Perhaps, but there are many ideas EAs believe in which come across as prima facie implausible to some people—this is why I gave arguments (with links for more detail) to suppose that human embryos have similar moral value to adult humans—so it is difficult to respond without knowing exactly where you think those arguments go wrong. Could you elaborate please?
Perhaps—though this is only a somewhat peripheral and unnecessary part of my argument—most of which depends on the idea that they do indeed have some value. There will be some EAs who do hold views with pronatalist implications—this argument should be quite powerful for them. Other EAs don’t hold such views—that’s fine.
As I noted in the post, it is not neglected in the USA, though it is neglected in certain sectors, and is extremely neglected outside the USA (and to an extent Latin America).
Thanks again for your comments.