Without venturing an opinion on which of EA or Nietzchean perfectionism is (all things considered) morally preferable, I think it is worth pointing out that EA seems peculiarly plausible at the moment in part because superb and plainly excellent achievements in the arts are so few and far between nowadays. (I consider this to be a pretty…
Without venturing an opinion on which of EA or Nietzchean perfectionism is (all things considered) morally preferable, I think it is worth pointing out that EA seems peculiarly plausible at the moment in part because superb and plainly excellent achievements in the arts are so few and far between nowadays. (I consider this to be a pretty obvious fact, but I link to some evidence for it here: https://furtheroralternatively.blogspot.com/2022/03/where-have-all-geniuses-gone-or-whats.html .) If you can't write a great symphony - and, let's be honest, no one can nowadays - you might at least add a few utils to the global util pot.
Without venturing an opinion on which of EA or Nietzchean perfectionism is (all things considered) morally preferable, I think it is worth pointing out that EA seems peculiarly plausible at the moment in part because superb and plainly excellent achievements in the arts are so few and far between nowadays. (I consider this to be a pretty obvious fact, but I link to some evidence for it here: https://furtheroralternatively.blogspot.com/2022/03/where-have-all-geniuses-gone-or-whats.html .) If you can't write a great symphony - and, let's be honest, no one can nowadays - you might at least add a few utils to the global util pot.
I have tried to advance that point about the appeal of EA (among a few others) here: https://furtheroralternatively.blogspot.com/2022/07/on-effective-altruism.html .