JonahSinick comments on Some reservations about Singer's child-in-the-pond argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JonahSinick 20 June 2013 06:58:13PM *  0 points [-]

No, I don't own a suit at all, but there are many other possible examples.

I gave the Unger example at the end of my post.

It's true that, by the point I have made my own life as unpleasant or unsafe as that of the people I am trying to help, diminishing marginal utility means I can definitely stop without guilt. Realistically, I am not going to go that far. I am not a saint, and if I accept the obligation but stop giving earlier I will feel guilty and hypocritical and awful about doing so.

I agree with Pablo.

My post is relevant to triaging with respect to different altruistic efforts.