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> if you want to do good, you should spend your money where it does the most good. Is there an exception for helping my in-laws that live one step above abject
by cactusplant7374 3y ago
> if you want to do good, you should spend your money where it does the most good.
Is there an exception for helping my in-laws that live one step above abject poverty?
- Jeff_Brown 3y agoYup, that comes in the form of a utility function that is nonhomogeneous across people. It's expected, for instance, that parents will value an increment in their childrens' well-being more than an increment in a stranger's. EA is radical in that it treats everyone's utility as equally valuable (across people, not income levels -- a dollar to a poor person is, all other things equal, more valuable than a dollar to a rich person). But you can do EA and still care more about your family than strangers.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoYou can define good however you like. That’s not an exception, it’s baked right in.