I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone in EA who both:
a) Wanted everyone to be vegan and was actively pushy/bothersome toward people who didn’t do this
b) Took a fairly permissive stance on luxury/ineffective charity spending
Mostly, this is because I haven’t seen a lot of people who fit (a) at all. I have friends who are vegan, donate to animal causes, and are pretty certain that veganism is the “right” thing to do, but they don’t judge me too harshly for eating cheese.
The most common position I’m aware of among the most involved people in EA is “try to avoid judging people harshly if they’re doing some good things and moving in the right direction, even if they could do better”, which they apply to both donations and veganism (if they care about animal causes).
Very few people in EA are actively pushy/bothersome about anything. Strong claims about the moral importance and social viability of vegetarian/vegan diets are the target here, not judging people harshly.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone in EA who both:
a) Wanted everyone to be vegan and was actively pushy/bothersome toward people who didn’t do this
b) Took a fairly permissive stance on luxury/ineffective charity spending
Mostly, this is because I haven’t seen a lot of people who fit (a) at all. I have friends who are vegan, donate to animal causes, and are pretty certain that veganism is the “right” thing to do, but they don’t judge me too harshly for eating cheese.
The most common position I’m aware of among the most involved people in EA is “try to avoid judging people harshly if they’re doing some good things and moving in the right direction, even if they could do better”, which they apply to both donations and veganism (if they care about animal causes).
Very few people in EA are actively pushy/bothersome about anything. Strong claims about the moral importance and social viability of vegetarian/vegan diets are the target here, not judging people harshly.