I don’t think it’s necessarily very good for the global poor as a changing group defined by their poverty, depending on how quickly global poverty declines. There’s also a big drop in the strength of evidence in this shift, so it depends on how skeptical you are.
Plus, person-affecting views (including asymmetric ones) or at least somewhat asymmetric views (e.g. prioritarianism) are not uncommon, and I would guess especially among those concerned with the global poor and inequality. Part of the complaint made by some is about ethical views that say extinction would be an astronomical loss and deserves overwhelming priority as a result, over all targeted anti-poverty work. This is a major part of the disagreement, not something to be quickly dismissed.
I don’t think it’s necessarily very good for the global poor as a changing group defined by their poverty, depending on how quickly global poverty declines. There’s also a big drop in the strength of evidence in this shift, so it depends on how skeptical you are.
Plus, person-affecting views (including asymmetric ones) or at least somewhat asymmetric views (e.g. prioritarianism) are not uncommon, and I would guess especially among those concerned with the global poor and inequality. Part of the complaint made by some is about ethical views that say extinction would be an astronomical loss and deserves overwhelming priority as a result, over all targeted anti-poverty work. This is a major part of the disagreement, not something to be quickly dismissed.