I also read sections of your link and skimmed through the rest, but I don’t see any justification that relates to the idea that helping animals is misguided.
The argument of the link is that moral progress has sometimes meant correctly regarding some previous moral concern as unnecessary or based on false belief. I think the relevance here is to resist the idea that moral concern for animals must be correct by a “more moral concern is always better” heuristic.
(I think it’s a useful argument to have in mind, but I think we have much better reasons to be morally concerned about animals.)
The argument of the link is that moral progress has sometimes meant correctly regarding some previous moral concern as unnecessary or based on false belief. I think the relevance here is to resist the idea that moral concern for animals must be correct by a “more moral concern is always better” heuristic.
(I think it’s a useful argument to have in mind, but I think we have much better reasons to be morally concerned about animals.)
Okay, I see. In that case, I tend to agree with your (Ben’s) position on that topic.