wedrifid comments on Privileging the Question - Less Wrong

102 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 29 April 2013 06:30PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 May 2013 01:03:30PM -1 points [-]

If optimizing charity was the question that people focused on, we would still end up having the discussion about whether or not the charity should provide abortions, contraceptives, etc.

Since GiveWell hasn't found any good charities that provide abortions and give out contraceptives the answer in this community is probably: "No, charity shouldn't do those things."

That's however a very different discussion from mainstream US discussion over the status of abortion.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 May 2013 01:14:15PM 3 points [-]

Since GiveWell hasn't found any good charities that provide abortions and give out contraceptives the answer in this community is probably: "No, charity shouldn't do those things."

Did an 'is' just morph into a 'should' there somehow?