Bob Fischer

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I’m a Senior Researcher for Rethink Priorities and a Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University. I work on a wide range of theoretical and applied issues related to animal welfare. You can reach me here.

Caring about Bugs Isn’t Weird

Bob Fischer23 Nov 2025 12:44 UTC

129 points

29 comments3 min readEA link

To a first approximation, all farmed animals are bugs

Bob Fischer17 Nov 2025 13:37 UTC

167 points

35 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Cause prio cruxes in 2026?

Hayley Clatterbuck11 Nov 2025 15:22 UTC

82 points

29 comments1 min readEA link

Animal Welfare Economics Conference @ PSE: Registration Open

Bob Fischer16 Apr 2025 10:26 UTC

20 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Doing Prioritization Better

arvomm16 Apr 2025 9:53 UTC

136 points

25 comments19 min readEA link

Beyond Extinction: Revisiting the Question and Broadening Our View

arvomm17 Mar 2025 16:03 UTC

36 points

3 comments10 min readEA link

2025 Animal Welfare Economics Conference @ PSE

Bob Fischer5 Jan 2025 13:23 UTC

48 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Strategic Directions for a Digital Consciousness Model

Derek Shiller10 Dec 2024 19:33 UTC

46 points

1 comment12 min readEA link

Resource Allocation: A Research Agenda

arvomm14 Nov 2024 15:34 UTC

44 points

7 comments33 min readEA link

Support Critical Research on Insect Welfare

Bob Fischer13 Nov 2024 21:10 UTC

127 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

The Welfare of Digital Minds: A Research Agenda

Derek Shiller11 Nov 2024 12:58 UTC

53 points

1 comment31 min readEA link

Valuing Impacts Across Species: A Research Agenda

Bob Fischer4 Nov 2024 11:55 UTC

45 points

3 comments22 min readEA link

Call for Abstracts: Economics of Animal Welfare Conference @ Paris School of Economics

Bob Fischer23 Oct 2024 12:23 UTC

28 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

New Open Access Book: Weighing Animal Welfare, edited by Bob Fischer

Bob Fischer22 Oct 2024 11:25 UTC

145 points

9 comments2 min readEA link

Bargaining among worldviews

Hayley Clatterbuck18 Oct 2024 18:32 UTC

58 points

5 comments12 min readEA link

What do RP’s tools tell us about giving $100m to AW or GHD?

Hayley Clatterbuck7 Oct 2024 20:41 UTC

167 points

21 comments9 min readEA link

AMA: Rethink Priorities’ Worldview Investigation Team

Bob Fischer31 Jul 2024 10:34 UTC

65 points

43 comments1 min readEA link

Taking Uncertainty Seriously (or, Why Tools Matter)

Bob Fischer19 Jul 2024 10:30 UTC

115 points

4 comments8 min readEA link

Rethink Priorities’ Moral Parliament Tool

Derek Shiller17 Jul 2024 12:34 UTC

184 points

13 comments12 min readEA link

Rethink Priorities’ Portfolio Builder Tool

arvomm10 Jul 2024 12:06 UTC

103 points

1 comment11 min readEA link