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I don't dispute that action due to profit is much better than no action at all. The sentiment in the post I replied to seemed to be that our society should be
by altacc 7y ago
I don't dispute that action due to profit is much better than no action at all.
The sentiment in the post I replied to seemed to be that our society should be striving towards "profitable goodness". I think a good action should be taken because it is the good and right thing to do.
Not every good act or charity can be profitable, so if we pick "profitable goodness" as our society's goal then what happens to all the actions that aren't profitable?
- bzbarsky 7y agoI agree that not every good act or charity can be profitable. I guess my take on it is that _if_, all else being equal, we can make charitable acts profitable, we should do that, because that's a more reliable incentive than relying on people to do the good and right thing, unfortunately. In practice, "all else being equal" is often a very strong constraint!