All of Matt Ball's Comments + Replies

I have serious doubts about inter-personal trade-offs.
https://www.mattball.org/2021/12/note-and-more-on-ethics-including-case.html
which follows
https://www.mattball.org/2021/12/ethics-is-not-simple-math-problem.html
 

Holden, I'm curious where you would put painist organizations - those who are only trying to reduce / alleviate pain. One Step for Animals and Lewis' Open Phil work are along these lines. Or do you think this is not a big enough area to warrant discussion (which could well be).

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Holden Karnofsky
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In my head, these seem like "equity," though I'll admit my phrasing in describing "equity" doesn't make this clear. A somewhat broader version of "equity" might be: "focus on improving the day-to-day lives of the people on the ship, rather than anything about where the ship is headed or who's deciding that."