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You’ve set up a convenient dichotomy where one through pure reason alone arrives at the inevitable conclusion that one should “liquidate and donate any excess t
by yrimaxi 6y ago
You’ve set up a convenient dichotomy where one through pure reason alone arrives at the inevitable conclusion that one should “liquidate and donate any excess they produce”, or else one is merely being driven by pure sentiment/feel-goodiness. For some reason though it is only these tunnel-vision engineer types that seem to be sentimentally drawn towards this oh so obvious conclusion.
(As an example: a socialist will probably not think that making the most money possible and then giving a lot of it away is the most ethical thing to do.)
And yes, of course my obvious point is that everyone should just quit their jobs and travel to Africa.
- rcoveson 6y agoI'm just trying to give examples, not set up a dichotomy. There's certainly a very wide range of ways to be charitable. For example, you could be charitable in this discussion by not lampooning those who disagree you as "tunnel-vision engineer types." I'd like to hear more specifically how you think people should approach charity. Surely some people actually should travel to Africa? And some should not. I'm not sure why you're being sarcastic about quitting one's job and traveling to Africa in a conversation about charity. It's not an insane thing to do. The point I was trying to make was that not everybody can do it, and that some people can actually do more good by just being excellent at their current job.