Tagarchief: cause prioritization
Doing good now or later, by yourself or by others?
How can we do the most good: by helping others now or later? By helping others directly by ourselves, with our own hands, or indirectly through the work of others? These are important questions studied in the effective altruism community … Lees verder
Arguments for an impartial preference for human lives
Suppose you have the choice between helping (benefiting, saving) either person X or person Y. Suppose you have no personal preference for either one of them, i.e. you have no personal connection or emotional bond with one of them. To … Lees verder
Reducing existential risks or wild animal suffering? Part II: expected value estimate
In a previous article (part I), I wrote about two top priorities for effective altruists who are concerned about far future human and animal welfare: the reduction of existential risks (X-risks) and the reduction of wild animal suffering. Elsewhere, I … Lees verder
Probability estimate for wild animal welfare prioritization
In this article I calculate my subjective probability estimate that the problem of wild animal suffering is the most important cause area in effective altruism. I will use a Fermi estimate to calculate lower and upper bounds of the probability … Lees verder
Wild animal suffering, longtermism and population ethics
Should we prioritize wild animal welfare research? If we take a long-term perspective, the problem of wild animal suffering is likely to become very important and perhaps even dominant. But judging whether we should prioritize far future wild animal welfare … Lees verder
Reducing existential risks or wild animal suffering?
What are the most important focus areas if you want to do the most good in the world? Focus on the current generation or the far future? Focus on human welfare or animal welfare? These are the fundamental cause prioritization … Lees verder
The integration of effective altruism focus areas
The effective altruism movement has three major focus areas: human welfare promotion, animal welfare promotion and far future catastrophic risk reduction (and a fourth, meta-level area of community building and priorities research). As I will explain, all these focus areas … Lees verder
My cause prioritization
Summary The search for the most important causes is essential for an effective altruist who wants to do the most good. Here I present my cause prioritization, starting from a moral theory that deals with problems in population ethics (involving … Lees verder
