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"It's a moral problem to spend marginal dollars on food rather than financial aid. Do you disagree?" Of course I don't agree. At what point do you determine t
by threepipeproblm 10y ago
"It's a moral problem to spend marginal dollars on food rather than financial aid. Do you disagree?"
Of course I don't agree. At what point do you determine that you've gone far enough, with the above stated principle? It's a bankrupt line of reasoning, based on the reduction of a budget with thousands of line items to dumbed-down sound bytes. Does it even bother you that you have mentioned no rational basis for drawing the line anywhere?
- morgante 10y agoWhy does there have to be a clear line to make the marginal argument valid? For individuals, I will state: spending a marginal dollar on charity is more moral than spending a marginal dollar on luxuries. I don't have a clear answer to where the line lies, even for myself. I try to keep giving until the marginal luxuries which I give up have greater utility than the utility I gain from donations. Admittedly, this is not exact or imprecise. My giving is strongly affected by my mental health (one of the best ways I've found to get out of a depressive spiral is to go on a donation spree). However, I don't think this lack of precision undermines the notion that charitable giving is more moral than luxury spending.
- srtjstjsj 10y agoAccording to the article, Bowdoin was spending marginal dollars on making their food non-toxic. Not luxury spending. Does morally upstanding Vassar lack fancy architecture and highly-paid administrators?