I think this definitely is something that should be considered more under the lens of effective altruism. Currently, the vast majority of EA efforts are coming from a welfarist perspective and if I understand correctly biodiversity loss should be mostly neutral from that perspective. I guess that this is the main reason here, other than simply having no one picking up the glove.
It’s definitely important to optimize “doing the most good” in moral frameworks other than welfarist. In particular, I’d be very happy to see an analysis of what’d be the best ways to contribute to preventing biodiversity loss and a good explanation of the moral framework involved (and why it’s reasonable, and whether indeed biodiversity loss seems like the most important cause in that framework).
Broadly speaking, I think that there are two main ways of actually going about it in the EA community. One would be to develop this idea more and engage with the “intellectual” effort of figuring out how to do the most good. This could be done by, say, writing more about it, or by reaching out to people to discuss this (perhaps at the upcoming EAG). The other would be to set up an EA project around these lines, and try to secure funding from EA Funds or Open Phil or elsewhere. I’d expect both to be very challenging and to take a long time.
I agree. I’d like to see more diversity of ethical frameworks in EA and attract people with diverse ethical outlooks, since EA is theoretically compatible with frameworks other than utilitarianism.
I think this definitely is something that should be considered more under the lens of effective altruism. Currently, the vast majority of EA efforts are coming from a welfarist perspective and if I understand correctly biodiversity loss should be mostly neutral from that perspective. I guess that this is the main reason here, other than simply having no one picking up the glove.
It’s definitely important to optimize “doing the most good” in moral frameworks other than welfarist. In particular, I’d be very happy to see an analysis of what’d be the best ways to contribute to preventing biodiversity loss and a good explanation of the moral framework involved (and why it’s reasonable, and whether indeed biodiversity loss seems like the most important cause in that framework).
Broadly speaking, I think that there are two main ways of actually going about it in the EA community. One would be to develop this idea more and engage with the “intellectual” effort of figuring out how to do the most good. This could be done by, say, writing more about it, or by reaching out to people to discuss this (perhaps at the upcoming EAG). The other would be to set up an EA project around these lines, and try to secure funding from EA Funds or Open Phil or elsewhere. I’d expect both to be very challenging and to take a long time.
I agree. I’d like to see more diversity of ethical frameworks in EA and attract people with diverse ethical outlooks, since EA is theoretically compatible with frameworks other than utilitarianism.