If someone gives 10% of their income to effective charities, I don’t think anyone would say that they don’t count as an EA because they’re not devoting all their actions and resources to altruism. (This is not to say that giving 10% of your income is required, only that it’s sufficient.)
I don’t think we’d want effective altruism to make claims about what it takes to “be a good person”. EA says that you have the opportunity to do a lot of good with your resources, and that there’s a strong moral case for devoting a large portion of them to doing so. But there’s no non-arbitrary portion of your resources that you’re required to devote to this to count as a good person.
I think that many people count someone as an EA if they subscribe to (*), regardless of what actions they take on the basis of it—perhaps even if they don’t take any actions at all. I’d be curious as to others’ views of this.
Interesting topic Peter!
If someone gives 10% of their income to effective charities, I don’t think anyone would say that they don’t count as an EA because they’re not devoting all their actions and resources to altruism. (This is not to say that giving 10% of your income is required, only that it’s sufficient.)
I don’t think we’d want effective altruism to make claims about what it takes to “be a good person”. EA says that you have the opportunity to do a lot of good with your resources, and that there’s a strong moral case for devoting a large portion of them to doing so. But there’s no non-arbitrary portion of your resources that you’re required to devote to this to count as a good person.
I think that many people count someone as an EA if they subscribe to (*), regardless of what actions they take on the basis of it—perhaps even if they don’t take any actions at all. I’d be curious as to others’ views of this.