I initially rejected this idea, but I think I’ve come around to this viewpoint a lot more. EA needs to have broad appeal to become a mainstream movement and we don’t always need to publicly state our distasteful utilitarian conclusions!
Why are private conclusions about moral dilemmas anyone else’s business? Not saying it’s good to be private about that (necessarily) or that there aren’t contexts where it would be relevant to disclose but I really don’t understand why it would be sleezy or manipulative.
I initially rejected this idea, but I think I’ve come around to this viewpoint a lot more. EA needs to have broad appeal to become a mainstream movement and we don’t always need to publicly state our distasteful utilitarian conclusions!
Hiding your conclusions feels a bit sleazy and manipulative to me.
Why are private conclusions about moral dilemmas anyone else’s business? Not saying it’s good to be private about that (necessarily) or that there aren’t contexts where it would be relevant to disclose but I really don’t understand why it would be sleezy or manipulative.