Thank you Jay, this is such a great response, I especially liked this paragraph:
While it is very much true that disagreeing over the object-level causes shouldn’t disqualify one from EA, I do agree that it is not completely separate from EA—that EA is not defined purely by its choice of causes, but neither does it stand fully apart from them. EA is, in a sense, both a question and an ideology, and trying to make sure the ideology part doesn’t jump too far ahead of the question part is important.
Also, to me I think EA is essentially about applying the scientific revolution to the realm of doing good (as a branch of science of sorts).
Thank you Jay, this is such a great response, I especially liked this paragraph:
Also, to me I think EA is essentially about applying the scientific revolution to the realm of doing good (as a branch of science of sorts).