Ep 196: Benevolent Billionaire Despotism and US Media's Softball Treatment of 'Effective Altruism'
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"Join Wall Street. Save the world," The Washington Post urged in 2013. "How to Know Your Donations Are Doing the Most Good," The New York Times proclaimed in 2015. "I give 10 percent of my income to c

historical background of Effective Altruism back to Carnegie and Rockefeller, complete with race science you’ll find very familiar

    • YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systemsEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Highly recommended for a dissenting view, against the greatness of Sidgwick, is from another great (and personal fave) Bernard Williams, who has a longish essay criticising Sidgwick in particular (his critiques of utilitarianism and kantianism in general are much better known)

      It’s very easy to get the impression reading the more surface material that Sidgwick is universally admired, even where his reasoning may go awry. Williams corrects that misapprehension.