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Are EA billionaire philanthropists actually effective in their 'altruism'? (spoilers: no)
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The Peter Singer EA concept is incredible solid and well argued, such a shame it's been stolen by grifters
who is this peter singer fellow? Sounds like a great and unproblematic man. Please tell us more of his teachings.
Don't know anything about him as a person, but his writing on veganism and EA is some of the most concise and convincing modern moral philosophy I've read.
Clearly formulated, with clear assumptions and solid arguments and conclusions built on them, making it easy to critique without having studied moral philosophy.
oh wow, convincing moral philosophy you say? brb adjusting my priors
(e: the rationalwiki links are probably an even better overview)
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
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?
don't worry, he's just a misunderstood good guy