It reads like a critique, but I can’t tell what Ben wants to change or how he wants to change it, as the Republic summary has no clear bearing on the actions of any EA organization I’m aware of.
I’m not sure what Ben wants to change (or if he even has policy recommendations).
I think the Republic parallel is interesting. “Figure out how the entire system should be ordered, then align your own life such that it accords with that ordering” is a plausible algorithm for doing ethics, but it’s not clear that it dominates alternative algorithms.
I appreciated the parallel because I hadn’t made the connection before, and I think something like this algorithm is operating latently underneath a lot of EA reasoning.
I’m not sure what Ben wants to change (or if he even has policy recommendations).
I think the Republic parallel is interesting. “Figure out how the entire system should be ordered, then align your own life such that it accords with that ordering” is a plausible algorithm for doing ethics, but it’s not clear that it dominates alternative algorithms.
I appreciated the parallel because I hadn’t made the connection before, and I think something like this algorithm is operating latently underneath a lot of EA reasoning.