Thanks Oldman! I totally agree with your point on examples.
Regarding ‘helping others’ and animals—I think it’s a great question whether individuals who are interested in animal welfare and hear about EA for the first time would be put off by this expression. If it’s not the case, then I think the benefits of using ‘helping others’ are still relevant, and it’s not that ‘doing good’ would signal to these individuals that the movement also cares about animals. Nevertheless, in some contexts, I think it can be beneficial to say explicitly ‘helping other people and animals’ even though it makes this sentence a bit longer.
Anyhow, in terms of accuracy, I think that ‘others’ can refer to animals as well (though I’m not sure of that).
Thanks Oldman! I totally agree with your point on examples.
Regarding ‘helping others’ and animals—I think it’s a great question whether individuals who are interested in animal welfare and hear about EA for the first time would be put off by this expression.
If it’s not the case, then I think the benefits of using ‘helping others’ are still relevant, and it’s not that ‘doing good’ would signal to these individuals that the movement also cares about animals. Nevertheless, in some contexts, I think it can be beneficial to say explicitly ‘helping other people and animals’ even though it makes this sentence a bit longer.
Anyhow, in terms of accuracy, I think that ‘others’ can refer to animals as well (though I’m not sure of that).