I think that the presented idea is to get people care about others without making them reject the idea by an appeal to rationality. The discussion on pure rationality probably not being the answer either is a great ‘compromise.’ (One can say that respect is paid to the persons who are thus able to argue against or that the audience is pleasantly entertained.) This step could be skipped by expressing the presumption that people want to care about others the best they can, with their spare resources, just have not come across the latest materials on this topic.
Then, the conversation can go as: ok, so we are trying to do good here [presuming shared meaning but not explaining], excellent, well who donates to charities, ok, anyone has done a thorough competition/cooperation (since charities) research, ok, by what means, we are/some philanthropes are paying a lot of money to do this research to identify the most impactful ones, in terms of cost-effectiveness. You can view them here and here. Definitely recommended, these organizations are also cooperative, so if there is an opportunity to make greater impact with the donors’ funding, they will go for it.
Wow, hehe, I have questions. [Note that the pitch distracts from the concept of care/feeling of responsibility by focusing on impact but does not request people to understand utilitarianism.]
I would not suggest pitching ‘expanding the circle of compassion’ upfront since that is not entertaining to people but seems like some work that they should otherwise not need to do so the persons may be reluctant to implement some EA principles.
I think that the presented idea is to get people care about others without making them reject the idea by an appeal to rationality. The discussion on pure rationality probably not being the answer either is a great ‘compromise.’ (One can say that respect is paid to the persons who are thus able to argue against or that the audience is pleasantly entertained.) This step could be skipped by expressing the presumption that people want to care about others the best they can, with their spare resources, just have not come across the latest materials on this topic.
Then, the conversation can go as: ok, so we are trying to do good here [presuming shared meaning but not explaining], excellent, well who donates to charities, ok, anyone has done a thorough competition/cooperation (since charities) research, ok, by what means, we are/some philanthropes are paying a lot of money to do this research to identify the most impactful ones, in terms of cost-effectiveness. You can view them here and here. Definitely recommended, these organizations are also cooperative, so if there is an opportunity to make greater impact with the donors’ funding, they will go for it.
Wow, hehe, I have questions. [Note that the pitch distracts from the concept of care/feeling of responsibility by focusing on impact but does not request people to understand utilitarianism.]
I would not suggest pitching ‘expanding the circle of compassion’ upfront since that is not entertaining to people but seems like some work that they should otherwise not need to do so the persons may be reluctant to implement some EA principles.