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blacktrance comments on Pay other people to go vegetarian for you? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: blacktrance 15 April 2013 03:30:43AM 0 points [-]

What exactly are selfish motivations?

Comment author: Mestroyer 15 April 2013 03:42:44AM 0 points [-]

The desire to do things for my own enjoyment. Usually they are short-sighted too. Such as "Forget the work from home you could be doing right now, which could be making money for efficient altruism. Instead, look at pictures of cats on the internet."

Comment author: blacktrance 15 April 2013 03:53:04AM 0 points [-]

What's wrong with doing things for your own enjoyment if you value them more highly than the well-being of strangers?

Comment author: Mestroyer 15 April 2013 04:06:26AM 1 point [-]

The problem (from the perspective of the altruistic part of me) is that I'm trading off a lot of well-being of strangers for a little of my own well-being.

Comment author: blacktrance 15 April 2013 05:53:41PM 0 points [-]

Isn't the well-being of strangers a component of your well-being? (Assuming you care about them.)