The effective altruist case for pro-life/anti-abortion advocacy — EA Forum
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Summary • 1. There is a good case that abortion is morally impermissible – or at least there is significant moral uncertainty. 2. Even if these arg…
  • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    EA is a movement for rich philanthropists to justify whatever they want to do, with data* and studies**. It’s literally ends justifying the means.

    *data it’s heavily cherry picked for whatever you, the powerful and so smart philanthropist, want to accomplish

    **studies are funded to guarantee results that you want

    • maol@awful.systemsEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Yeah the studies he cites are all over the place. One about how single motherhood isn’t fun, which would seem like an argument for abortion, not against? It’s just the aul “contraception causes pregnancy” argument catholic pro-lifers used to lose.