A total of 43% of British youth surveyed reported experiencing discrimination based on their age, substantially more than other categories of discrimination like sex (27%), race (11%), or sexual orientation (6%).[24]
I hate to be that EA, but I would rather hire philosophers, social scientists, and people experienced working with kids to explore this in a very basic/fundamental way than put the same money into lobbying.
Thank you for the informative comment. I learned two things today—“adultism”, and the difference between disenfranchised agent and patient.
I really appreciated your linked question/comment about relating abolition, suffrage, to non-human animals and future people. I agree! Do you think of my association between children and future people is a closer match?
Although I would 100% endorse increasing the agency of children and youth, I can’t help but understand adultism as less of a prejudice, and more of a matter-of-fact with respect to small children. The study you cited are youth who already have some agency, as they are capable of reading and completing a survey, rather than babies who cannot control their own limbs.
Lastly, as an ally who has interest in children, what might move you closer to lobbying for consensus on the rights of the child?
I enjoy the comparison between kids’ issues and longtermism, but I’m unconvinced signing the UN thing is the lever we want to invest in.
I’m interested in literature on the patients/agents distinction because I think it’s easy for altruists to mistake a politically disenfranchised agent for a patient, i.e. it looks like there’s a big opportunity for philosophy papers in this space.
Beyond philosophy: if the wikipedia page on adultism contains anything approaching the state of the art in interventions, then I think there’s a case to be made for more research into what levers would improve the situation.
This N=4060 note is interesting:
I hate to be that EA, but I would rather hire philosophers, social scientists, and people experienced working with kids to explore this in a very basic/fundamental way than put the same money into lobbying.
Thank you for your post.
Thank you for the informative comment. I learned two things today—“adultism”, and the difference between disenfranchised agent and patient.
I really appreciated your linked question/comment about relating abolition, suffrage, to non-human animals and future people. I agree! Do you think of my association between children and future people is a closer match?
Although I would 100% endorse increasing the agency of children and youth, I can’t help but understand adultism as less of a prejudice, and more of a matter-of-fact with respect to small children. The study you cited are youth who already have some agency, as they are capable of reading and completing a survey, rather than babies who cannot control their own limbs.
Lastly, as an ally who has interest in children, what might move you closer to lobbying for consensus on the rights of the child?