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Who determines what "the most good" is and by what metrics? Is this where charity meets authoritarianism?
by atlgator 4y ago
Who determines what "the most good" is and by what metrics? Is this where charity meets authoritarianism?
- yboris 4y agoNo authoritarianism. The movement is comprised of numerous people. The general foundation is focusing on making the world a better place; many different directions are encouraged. A sensible metric is something akin to "well being of sentient life forms of today and the future". If you have a different direction than the movement, that's fine. What the movement can do for you is to help you pick ways of helping others that cost less per-dollar-donated or per-effort-spent. Consider learning more https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
- atlgator 4y agoIt doesn't need to be a one-person dictatorship to be authoritarian. How long before this is coopted by politics that limit charitable spending on anything but projects that are "blessed" by this group?
- yboris 4y agoNo one is forced to stay inside Effective Altruism. You can be an Effective Altruist without calling yourself one. You give to charities EA recommends without subscribing to even half of what EAs care about. If EA is "coopted by politics" I suspect many people will leave and the movement will become a shell of what it currently is. I'm unsure I understand your concern fully.