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Moral Trade
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Choose your pathRoute by intent: learn, test an example, donate, or join/build.What is Moral Trade?A plain-language primer for new visitors.How it worksA simple walkthrough from example to review.SourcesPrimary references and product-boundary notes.FAQCommon questions and operating limits.
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ExploreInspect what is live enough to read, clone, or donate through.
ProjectsWhat is live, illustrative, or upcoming.Worked examplesSeeded structures, not live offers.All offersLive offers and worked examples.Pledge swapsExchange bounded commitments.Donation offsetsRedirect matched opposed donations.Donate through a routeUse a vetted external donation handoff.
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JoinMove from examples into one supported pilot action.
Create bounded tradeDraft terms with baseline, exit, evidence, and review gates.Create donation offsetSet baseline, match, destination, surplus, and evidence rules.Create wish profileDescribe broad wishes before mutual disclosure.Founding cohortInvite one serious counterparty and start small.Private matchingConsent-gated counterparty discovery.Create accountUse member workflows after the public primer.
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AboutWhat exists today, what does not, and what comes next.What you can rely onPrototype guarantees, review states, and non-guarantees.Pilot statusWhat is real, reviewed, or still prototype-stage.ValidationEvidence states, challenge windows, and review scopes.SafetyCoercion, fraud, and pressure boundaries.Anti-threat rulesBaseline integrity and externality checks.AccessibilityWCAG-oriented QA scope, limitations, and support route.MeasurementPrivacy-safe event taxonomy and performance baselines.TransparencyAggregate review, disclosure, report, appeal, and operator timing counts.Team and governanceOperator routes, reviewer roles, and public gaps.Pilot updatesPublic logs, governance updates, and case-study notes.ContactReach the pilot operators or report a support issue.
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Donation offsets

Redirect opposed donations into shared good.

When two donors would otherwise fund opposing efforts, they can redirect matched funds to a mutually acceptable destination.

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Legal posture

No custody / no escrow / no tax advice

Offset records use external-payment evidence and reviewer notes. The platform does not hold money or certify tax treatment.

Offset flow

Three steps make an offset reviewable.

01

State the baseline donations.

Say what each side would otherwise fund, and why that baseline is credible.

02

Choose a compromise destination.

Pick one named charity or fund both sides can regard as a shared good.

03

Set rules before reliance.

Record match, surplus, evidence, expiry, and anti-threat certification.

Valid offset checklist

A public offset should expose every core term.

OK

Baseline intention

OK

Match ratio

OK

Destination

OK

Surplus rule

OK

Evidence method

OK

Expiry

OK

Anti-threat certification

Trust block

Offsets fail if the baseline is fake or coercive.

Factual trust

Receipts, prior giving records, or third-party attestations can support review.

Counterfactual trust

The donor must credibly show they would have made the opposed donation anyway.

Perverse-incentive screening

Threat-like baselines, coercive copy, and prohibited destinations are blocked.

Destinations

Available compromise destinations.

Moral Trade

A pilot institution for cooperation under disagreement.

Moral Trade helps serious participants test small, reviewable commitments across moral disagreement. It does not provide legal, tax, escrow, or custody services.

Marketplace

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About

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  • What you can rely on
  • Transparency report

Global health and anti-poverty

GiveWell Top Charities Fund

A broadly legible anti-poverty and global-health destination for donors who want a compromise charity many moral views can endorse.

Open destination

Emergency public health

Direct Relief

A widely recognisable public-health charity for offsets that need a simple, high-trust compromise destination.

Open destination

Climate and air quality

Founders Pledge Climate Fund

A climate compromise destination suitable when both sides value broad reductions in climate risk or pollution harms.

Open destination

Animal welfare

ACE Recommended Charity Fund

A fund for neglected-animal interventions when both sides can agree that avoiding zero-sum advocacy is better than opposed spending.

Open destination

Future flourishing

EA Long-Term Future Fund

A long-run future destination covering existential risk and broadly shared future-flourishing concerns.

Open destination

Marketplace snapshot

Current offset activity.

Redirected so far
$0

Reviewed direct offset records only.

Public-good routed amount
$0

Completed offsets routed to broad public goods.

Active pooled commitments
$0

Committed pool amount, not verified redirection.

Active pools
0

Pools gathering commitments before verification.

Safeguards

Political campaign contribution offsets are prohibited.

No campaign offsets

Offsets are not for campaign finance workarounds or candidate contributions.

External evidence only

Receipts are evidence for review, not platform custody or legal escrow.

Manual review for risk

Unverifiable baselines and coercive proposals remain paused or blocked.

Further reading

Research sources for the offset structure.

Toby Ord, "Moral Trade"

Ord's examples motivate opposed-donation redirection and reciprocal moral trade.

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Forethought on convergence

Compromise can work when different views value overlapping outcomes.

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Forethought on public goods

Shared goods can make compromise more robust than thin bilateral settlements.

Open the article
  • Research and governance
  • Reasoning Center
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  • Legal

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    • Terms
    • Accessibility
    • Safety policy
    • Evidence review

    Reference points include Toby Ord's paper on moral trade and Forethought's discussion of convergence, compromise, threats, blockers, and moral public goods.