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Are EA billionaire philanthropists actually effective in their 'altruism'? (spoilers: no) (bobjacobs.substack.com)
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[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

oh wow, convincing moral philosophy you say? brb adjusting my priors

(e: the rationalwiki links are probably an even better overview)

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be genuinely interested in an elaboration. Reading the article, the fundamental issue seems to be that he's an idealist utilitarian who opposes racism and animal suffering in the wrong way?

The article concludes that

Of course, there are plenty of good reasons to become a vegetarian, to advocate for better treatment for animals, or to oppose factory farming.

But I genuinely haven't seen such reasons which do not ultimately end up in some form of Singer's argument that suffering implies moral value. Do you have a link exploring it further?

[-] ebu@awful.systems 14 points 2 weeks ago

the fundamental issue seems to be that he's an idealist utilitarian who opposes racism and animal suffering in the wrong way

don't worry, he's just a misunderstood good guy

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