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Animal Welfare Discussion Group
1 min readMay 15, 2024
Join us for the first session of the EA Brussels Animal Welfare Discussion Group!
We will be discussing Rethink Priorities’ Moral Weight Project (see below for suggested readings).
The discussion group is open to anyone interested in animal welfare, regardless of dietary preferences and previous knowledge of the cause area. All levels of engagement are welcome.
The suggested reading material is not a must, but will help to facilitate the discussion.
Main resources:
https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/an-introduction-to-the-moral-weight-project https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/welfare-range-estimates (Introduction and sections 1-3) For those who prefer podcasts, see the 80k hours podcast below that offers an introduction to the project
Additional resources/Going further:
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/bob-fischer-comparing-animal-welfare-moral-weight/ up to [00:32:42] https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/welfare-range-estimates (Questions and Objections) https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/lewis-bollard-factory-farm-advocacy-gains/ - from [02:19:52] https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/detecting-morally-significant-pain
Background reading on (farmed) animal welfare
https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/cause-profile-animal-welfare https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/factory-farming/ https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/wild-animal-welfare/ https://rethinkpriorities.org/animal-welfare https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/ https://philpapers.org/archive/MCPTEB.pdf https://faunalytics.org/animal-advocacy-by-numbers/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwz42xBhB9EiwA48pT701dKW1fhxezsG7_naxGeNk83r00JDiBTgLuArzRT8dj8nOsmlT58BoCc64QAvD_BwE
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