Can you explain this, I don’t fully understand? Are you saying you prefer a subjective wellbeing approach, or that you don’t think that we should be comparing outcomes of different interventions or something different?
”GiveDirectly believes that the weights that should count the most are those of the specific people we’re trying to help.”This is to say, we don’t subscribe to GiveWell’s moral weights approach.”
Sure. We expanded the excerpt from the blog for clarity: “[GiveWell’s moral weight approach] results in a spreadsheet. This framework combines the views of a relatively small number of stakeholders and then applies those outcomes to millions of people. GiveDirectly believes that the weights that should count the most are those of the specific people we’re trying to help. Each individual will have their own specific needs, preferences, and aspirations. We have yet to see a place we worked in (village, county, country) where everyone made the same investments, so why prescribe the same solution for everyone? Why not treat each individual person living in poverty as exactly that, respecting their individuality and allowing them the dignity of pursuing their own goals?”This is to say, we don’t subscribe to GiveWell’s moral weights approach, but instead hold recipient’s preference as our north star.
Can you explain this, I don’t fully understand? Are you saying you prefer a subjective wellbeing approach, or that you don’t think that we should be comparing outcomes of different interventions or something different?
”GiveDirectly believes that the weights that should count the most are those of the specific people we’re trying to help.” This is to say, we don’t subscribe to GiveWell’s moral weights approach.”
Sure. We expanded the excerpt from the blog for clarity: “[GiveWell’s moral weight approach] results in a spreadsheet. This framework combines the views of a relatively small number of stakeholders and then applies those outcomes to millions of people. GiveDirectly believes that the weights that should count the most are those of the specific people we’re trying to help. Each individual will have their own specific needs, preferences, and aspirations. We have yet to see a place we worked in (village, county, country) where everyone made the same investments, so why prescribe the same solution for everyone? Why not treat each individual person living in poverty as exactly that, respecting their individuality and allowing them the dignity of pursuing their own goals?” This is to say, we don’t subscribe to GiveWell’s moral weights approach, but instead hold recipient’s preference as our north star.
Thanks that makes sense. This reasoning seems at I risk of being motivated given what givedirectly does, but I get what you mean now.