But they never even try to argue that EA support for âthe very social structures that cause sufferingâ does more harm than good. As indicated by the âtherebyâ, they seem to take the mere fact of complicity to suffice for âundermining its efforst to âdo the most goodâ.â
I agree that theyâre talking about the way that EA principles are âactualizedâ. Theyâre empirically actualized in ways that involve complicity with suboptimal institutions. And the way these authors argue, they take this fact to suffice for critique. Iâm pointing out that this fact doesnât suffice. They need to further show that the complicity does more harm than good.
But they never even try to argue that EA support for âthe very social structures that cause sufferingâ does more harm than good. As indicated by the âtherebyâ, they seem to take the mere fact of complicity to suffice for âundermining its efforst to âdo the most goodâ.â
I agree that theyâre talking about the way that EA principles are âactualizedâ. Theyâre empirically actualized in ways that involve complicity with suboptimal institutions. And the way these authors argue, they take this fact to suffice for critique. Iâm pointing out that this fact doesnât suffice. They need to further show that the complicity does more harm than good.