V_V comments on Another Critique of Effective Altruism - Less Wrong

19 Post author: jsteinhardt 05 January 2014 09:51AM

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Comment author: V_V 06 January 2014 01:17:08AM *  0 points [-]

Uh? The proper analogy is that your friend says "I'm considering working at a minimum wage blue collar job and not donating anything or working as a drug gangster and giving $50,000 a year to GiveWell's top charity. The second option would give me a happier life. I trust your judgement. Which of these two options is morally better? "

Comment author: James_Miller 06 January 2014 01:42:10AM 2 points [-]

Alright, I pick the drug gangster path, taking into account the fact that his being a drug gangster probably displaces someone else from selling to his customers and so the marginal harm of this career choice isn't all that high.

Comment author: V_V 06 January 2014 01:44:24AM 2 points [-]

Ok, we clearly have irreconcilably different values.