The Train to Crazy Town vs. Altruism Intuitions
Taking Effective Altruism seriously leads to some pretty unintuitive ethical conclusions. Let's discuss navigating these moral uncertainties!
For example:
Caring about animal welfare can start with you becoming vegan, but have you thought about the most ethical way to maintain a compost bin?
If you want more bang for you buck when donating to charities, choosing the RC Forward Global Health Fund makes sense. But from a longtermist perspective maybe you should weigh the future humans that do not yet exist more heavily?
At some point, you may feel philosophy is a train to crazy town and you would like to get off at the next stop please.
Readings
Uncertainty and the Crazy Train section of Effective Altruism's Implicit Epistemology (Violet Hour, 2022)
When to get off the train to crazy town? (Marius Hobbhahn, 2021)
We'll be taking the discussion questions from the Kitchener-Waterloo meetup as a starting point, but conversation forks are expected.