I gave this post a strong upvote. It articulated something which I feel but have not articulated myself. Thank you for the clarity of writing which is on display here.
That said, I have some reservations which I would be interested in your thoughts on. When we argue about whether something is an ideology or not, we are assuming that the word “ideology” is applied to some things and not others, and that whether or not it is applied tells us useful things about the things it is applied to.
I am convinced that on the spectrum of movements, we should put effective altruism closer to libertarianism and feminism than the article you’re responding to would indicate. But what is on the other end of this spectrum? Is there a movement/”ism” you can point to that you’d say we should put on the other side of where we’ve put EA -- **less** ideological than it?
I gave this post a strong upvote. It articulated something which I feel but have not articulated myself. Thank you for the clarity of writing which is on display here.
That said, I have some reservations which I would be interested in your thoughts on. When we argue about whether something is an ideology or not, we are assuming that the word “ideology” is applied to some things and not others, and that whether or not it is applied tells us useful things about the things it is applied to.
I am convinced that on the spectrum of movements, we should put effective altruism closer to libertarianism and feminism than the article you’re responding to would indicate. But what is on the other end of this spectrum? Is there a movement/”ism” you can point to that you’d say we should put on the other side of where we’ve put EA -- **less** ideological than it?