In this episode of Walt Right Perspectives I speak with Bentham’s Bulldog, a philosophy student who is a stalwart advocate of Act Utilitarianism and mostly subscribes to Matt Yglesias-style center-left politics.
I don't think EA is utopian--it just says we should try to do good effectively. It advises, for instance, giving to effective charities like the against malaria foundation. Nothing utopian about that.
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I don't think EA is utopian--it just says we should try to do good effectively. It advises, for instance, giving to effective charities like the against malaria foundation. Nothing utopian about that.