Prioritarianism is a flavor of utilitarianism that tries to increase impact by starting with the oppressed or unprivileged.
Standpoint theory or standpoint epistemology is about advantages and disadvantages to gaining knowledge based on demographic membership.
Leftist culture is deeply exposed to both of these views, occasionally to the point of them being invisible/commonsensical assumptions.
My internal gpt completion / simulation of someone like Thorn assumed that her rhetorical question was gesturing toward “these EA folks seem to be underrating at least one of prioritarianism or standpoint epistemology”
Prioritarianism is a flavor of utilitarianism that tries to increase impact by starting with the oppressed or unprivileged.
Standpoint theory or standpoint epistemology is about advantages and disadvantages to gaining knowledge based on demographic membership.
Leftist culture is deeply exposed to both of these views, occasionally to the point of them being invisible/commonsensical assumptions.
My internal gpt completion / simulation of someone like Thorn assumed that her rhetorical question was gesturing toward “these EA folks seem to be underrating at least one of prioritarianism or standpoint epistemology”