“Cause neutrality doesn’t mean all EA causes matter equally” by Toby Tremlett🔹

This is a Draft Amnesty Week draft. It may not be polished, up to my usual standards, fully thought through, or fully fact-checked.  Commenting and feedback guidelines: This is a draft amnesty post because I half wrote it a while ago before becoming uncertain whether I was ‘making up a guy to get mad at’ (see footnote 1). I’d be interested in feedback on whether I’ve identified a real mistake, or if I’ve seen a few sloppily worded comments and over-indexed on them. Cause neutrality is one of the guiding principles in my understanding of effective altruism. It's something like a regulative ideal - a goal that no individual or community can ever hit, but one that helps you do better the more you aim for it. Cause neutrality is the idea that you should go into cause prioritisation with a neutral attitude towards every possible cause and only update [...] The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: February 28th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kD93KWsJisyCqQHwt/cause-neutrality-doesn-t-mean-all-ea-causes-matter-equally --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.