Given the fact you both say this and the upvotes on those comments, I think we should probably indeed go with “psychology of effective giving” rather than “psychology of (in)effective giving”.[1]
I still don’t think that actually totally covers psychology of speciesism, since speciesism is not just relevant in relation to altruism. Likewise, I wouldn’t say the psychology of racism or of sexism are covered by the area “psychology of effective altruism”. But I do think the entry on psychology of effective altruism should discuss speciesism and so on, and that if we later have an entry for psychology of speciesism they should link to each other.
[1] But FWIW:
I don’t naturally interpret the “(in)” device as something like humour, a pun, or an informal device
I think “psychology of effective altruism” and “psychology of ineffective altruism” do call to mind to distinct focuses, even if I’d expect each thing to either cover (with less emphasis) or “talk to” work on the other thing
Somewhat analogously, areas of psychology that focus on what makes for an especially good life (e.g., humanist psychology) are meaningfully distinct from those that focus on “dysfunction” (e.g., psychopathology), and I believe new terms were coined primarily to highlight that distinction
But I don’t think this matters much, and I’m totally happy for “psychology of effective giving” to be used instead.
(Oh, just popping a thought here before I go to sleep: “moral psychology” is a relevant nearby thing. Possibly it’d be better to have that entry than “psychology of effective altruism”? Or to have both?)
Given the fact you both say this and the upvotes on those comments, I think we should probably indeed go with “psychology of effective giving” rather than “psychology of (in)effective giving”.[1]
I still don’t think that actually totally covers psychology of speciesism, since speciesism is not just relevant in relation to altruism. Likewise, I wouldn’t say the psychology of racism or of sexism are covered by the area “psychology of effective altruism”. But I do think the entry on psychology of effective altruism should discuss speciesism and so on, and that if we later have an entry for psychology of speciesism they should link to each other.
[1] But FWIW:
I don’t naturally interpret the “(in)” device as something like humour, a pun, or an informal device
I think “psychology of effective altruism” and “psychology of ineffective altruism” do call to mind to distinct focuses, even if I’d expect each thing to either cover (with less emphasis) or “talk to” work on the other thing
Somewhat analogously, areas of psychology that focus on what makes for an especially good life (e.g., humanist psychology) are meaningfully distinct from those that focus on “dysfunction” (e.g., psychopathology), and I believe new terms were coined primarily to highlight that distinction
But I don’t think this matters much, and I’m totally happy for “psychology of effective giving” to be used instead.
(Oh, just popping a thought here before I go to sleep: “moral psychology” is a relevant nearby thing. Possibly it’d be better to have that entry than “psychology of effective altruism”? Or to have both?)