Comment on 'EAA is relatively overinvesting in corporate welfare reforms'

Abstract

This article argues that the Effective Altruism movement (EAA) is overinvesting in corporate welfare reforms (CWRs), such as cage-free commitments and the Better Chicken Commitment, despite the fact that they have limitations. CWRs are seen as a promising approach to animal welfare, but their impact is not as large as often assumed, and they may even lead to complacency and undermine other, possibly more impactful, approaches to animal welfare. Moreover, CWRs require significant financial resources, which may hinder the exploration and development of alternative approaches. The article suggests that EAA should allocate more resources to research and development of new approaches, such as institutional meat reduction, international work, and movement building, to create a more diverse and impactful animal welfare movement. – AI-generated abstract