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> Ethics is far from useless. It has important connections to open issues in society and e.g. birthed the effective altruism movement. That's not a great track
by dventimi 3y ago
> Ethics is far from useless. It has important connections to open issues in society and e.g. birthed the effective altruism movement.
That's not a great track record.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/sam-bankman-fried-effective-altruism-and-the-question-of-complicity https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/sam-bankman...
- GoblinSlayer 3y ago>The elementary tenet of effective altruism - that privileged Westerners could be doing considerably more good in the world than most of us do Unironically privileged Westerners could be doing considerably more good in the world by protecting their freedoms in their own lives, egoism would be much more effective there.
- dventimi 3y agoHogwash. Egoism isn't what's in short supply. EMPATHY is what's in short supply.
- GoblinSlayer 3y agoIt's the case when good intentions pave the road to hell. Intentions are fine, but what's really in short supply are good outcomes.