I take effectiveness to mean; assume you have a rational goal (one that has been analysed as being the right goal and a right goal), what is the most effective way to get there (fastest, cheapest, smartest, most sustaining solution to the problem)?
The only argument I can think of against effectiveness is to do with the journey not travelled, (if you choose to shortcut the journey you don’t gain the experiences along the way that might help you when encountering future problems or the benefits of the journey—happiness, “it is a journey” etc). However this is a bit of a strawman argument, because any path is a journey and the path-not-taken could have killed you or been the bad bath etc.
Altruism. this is debatable, as to why an organism should have altruism, and can be analysed down to game theory, and up to high-level “preventing suffering”. Bottom line is; some people have it stronger than others and are compelled to be altruistic more than others. I am really no good at defending or attacking altruism, just because I am weakly informed about each side.
Given altruism, I believe the only path should be effective altruism. You might want to question altruism on its own (but some very smart people have already done that—so you can read their works if you are interested)
I suggest there are two mindsets at play.
effectiveness
altruism
I take effectiveness to mean; assume you have a rational goal (one that has been analysed as being the right goal and a right goal), what is the most effective way to get there (fastest, cheapest, smartest, most sustaining solution to the problem)?
The only argument I can think of against effectiveness is to do with the journey not travelled, (if you choose to shortcut the journey you don’t gain the experiences along the way that might help you when encountering future problems or the benefits of the journey—happiness, “it is a journey” etc). However this is a bit of a strawman argument, because any path is a journey and the path-not-taken could have killed you or been the bad bath etc.
Altruism. this is debatable, as to why an organism should have altruism, and can be analysed down to game theory, and up to high-level “preventing suffering”. Bottom line is; some people have it stronger than others and are compelled to be altruistic more than others. I am really no good at defending or attacking altruism, just because I am weakly informed about each side.
Given altruism, I believe the only path should be effective altruism. You might want to question altruism on its own (but some very smart people have already done that—so you can read their works if you are interested)
here—have a link—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism_(biology)