I really liked this post. Cause-neutrality is one thing, scope of one’s moral system is another.
It makes sense that if you consider people alive today as more morally significant than future people or non-human animals that global health is a cause-neutral thing to recommend. It does save the most current lives and also likely reduces the most suffering of currently living people.
I think most people think people are equal, but future people and non-human animals are more controversial topics. Because they are more controversial and more complicated topics, you have to question your moral system in order to include them. Being cause-neutral based on what people already value is one thing, getting them to think why they value what they value is a whole different ball-game. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to me for an organization like GWWC to focus on being cause-neutral based on the scope of most people’s moral system and other organizations look at where you should donate if you consider future people and non-human animals significant.
I really liked this post. Cause-neutrality is one thing, scope of one’s moral system is another.
It makes sense that if you consider people alive today as more morally significant than future people or non-human animals that global health is a cause-neutral thing to recommend. It does save the most current lives and also likely reduces the most suffering of currently living people.
I think most people think people are equal, but future people and non-human animals are more controversial topics. Because they are more controversial and more complicated topics, you have to question your moral system in order to include them. Being cause-neutral based on what people already value is one thing, getting them to think why they value what they value is a whole different ball-game. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to me for an organization like GWWC to focus on being cause-neutral based on the scope of most people’s moral system and other organizations look at where you should donate if you consider future people and non-human animals significant.