Tag Archives: Effective Altruism

Effective Altruism for Animals: Consideration for different value systems

Posted on October 24, 2017 by orcasandanimals

Recently i’ve been giving more thought to the issue of diversity and inclusion in Effective Altruism, and part of this process included wondering how the Foundational Research Institute (FRI) had considered issues around diversity[i] and inclusion at its inception. I … Continue reading →

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Effective Altruism for Animals: Utilitarian equivocation and moral consistency

Posted on June 21, 2017 by orcasandanimals

I recently came across a comment from William MacAskill that helped me to think a bit more about Effective Altruism (EA) and utilitarianism.  Previously I hadn’t really thought it possible to move beyond the association between them, especially with Peter … Continue reading →

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The Unilateralist’s Curse and Effective Altruism for Animals

Posted on May 6, 2017 by orcasandanimals

This is a short article that seeks to examine how it could be possible to apply some of the ideas associated with the Unilateralist’s Curse to EAA and veganism. I was initially drawn to this idea by the way that … Continue reading →

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Addressing movement politics to improve animal advocacy

Posted on December 27, 2016 by orcasandanimals

I think it could be fair to say that people are generally reluctant to deal with the fairly opaque politics of the animal movement.  This could be for several reasons, including the idea of taking time away from grassroots animal … Continue reading →

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