Even though I understand the picture you’re trying to dram by pointing out how prioritising a cause we’ve personally suffered from can lead to a bias against the most effective strategy to do good, I’d argue that personal lived experience can be a factor to make the more effective choice. Here in the example about leukaemia, there is an implicit pre-supposition that the help in discussion is gonna be in the form of donation, which would make the argument 100% valid. However, if you’re engaging in a more direct way in an attempt to reduce certain suffering, your perspective on the different aspects of it is going to be way more detailed and elaborate, and consequently more effective.
Thank you for the amazing article.
Even though I understand the picture you’re trying to dram by pointing out how prioritising a cause we’ve personally suffered from can lead to a bias against the most effective strategy to do good, I’d argue that personal lived experience can be a factor to make the more effective choice. Here in the example about leukaemia, there is an implicit pre-supposition that the help in discussion is gonna be in the form of donation, which would make the argument 100% valid. However, if you’re engaging in a more direct way in an attempt to reduce certain suffering, your perspective on the different aspects of it is going to be way more detailed and elaborate, and consequently more effective.