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> Effective altruism is constitutively incapable of ending global poverty. Which isn’t what it sets out to do? EF is about the moral actions of the individual.
by Gatsky 6y ago
> Effective altruism is constitutively incapable of ending global poverty.
Which isn’t what it sets out to do? EF is about the moral actions of the individual. This is pertinent whether you do everything or nothing in your power to ‘end global poverty’.
Personally I’m skeptical of the merits of a collective effort to end poverty. Has such an undertaking ever worked? How does one even begin?