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Wrong_Species comments on When should an Effective Altruist be vegetarian? - Less Wrong Discussion

27 Post author: KatjaGrace 23 November 2014 05:25AM

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Comment author: Wrong_Species 24 November 2014 01:50:52AM 0 points [-]

I feel like you don't understand vegetarians very well. Lets say that I am wealthy slave owner in the middle 19th century. I could free my slaves but I think it would be more altruistic to instead use my money to set up schools for poor(white) kids. Does that mean I'm off the hook for keeping my slaves?