A philosophical review of Open Philanthropy's cause prioritisation framework

Abstract

This philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework argues the framework must implicitly or explicitly take positions on several philosophical debates, such as theories of wellbeing, the badness of death, and population ethics. These choices can lead to meaningful practical differences, and the review suggests Open Philanthropy consider different philosophical assumptions, adopt additional worldviews, and adopt the following worldviews: subjective wellbeing approaches, deprivationism and time-relative interest account views on the badness of death, and worldview diversification. – AI-generated abstract.