Executive summary: Effective Altruism (EA) funding for philosophy research should carefully consider supporting both research institutes and individual academics, with a potential undervaluation of generalist, foundational ethical theory work.
Key points:
Research institutes offer advantages like mission alignment, improved career pipelines for researchers, and collaborative research environments.
Individual academics might be overlooked, despite potentially producing more valuable work than marginal institute hires.
Current EA funding tends to prioritize specific, applied philosophical research over broader ethical theory work.
Generalist philosophical research on ethical frameworks could significantly influence how people perceive and approach helping others.
Funding individual academics is challenging, with course buyouts being a primary mechanism for supporting research time.
Small donors are recommended to contribute to funds like EAIF that can strategically allocate resources to philosophical research.
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Executive summary: Effective Altruism (EA) funding for philosophy research should carefully consider supporting both research institutes and individual academics, with a potential undervaluation of generalist, foundational ethical theory work.
Key points:
Research institutes offer advantages like mission alignment, improved career pipelines for researchers, and collaborative research environments.
Individual academics might be overlooked, despite potentially producing more valuable work than marginal institute hires.
Current EA funding tends to prioritize specific, applied philosophical research over broader ethical theory work.
Generalist philosophical research on ethical frameworks could significantly influence how people perceive and approach helping others.
Funding individual academics is challenging, with course buyouts being a primary mechanism for supporting research time.
Small donors are recommended to contribute to funds like EAIF that can strategically allocate resources to philosophical research.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.