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Would you not want someone doing altruistic things for personally beneficial reasons? That's not very instrumentally rational, and is the antithesis of effective altruism, which is about doing the utmost we can to advance human flourishing. If our end goal is to improve human flourishing, then I very much want people to do things to contribute to that goal, regardless of their motivations.
That's not what the word "altruistic" means.
Agreed. I was talking about what the Effective Altruism movement orients toward, not the semantic definition of altruism.
Words matter. It steals the positive cultural connotations of the word altruism without actually being altruistic.
It exploits the gray area between being vs. seeming to be. There is a word for that. It's called lying.
You're welcome to argue with the founders of the EA movement, but please avoid calling me a liar for using the appropriate terms correctly. Thanks!
Apologies. I did not intend to call you a liar. Sorry if it came across that way.
Apology accepted.