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A (New) Darwinian Left - Peter Singer (Live in Melbourne)

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The Importance of Effective Altruism

Charity begins at home. to human well-being so it should be a part of our utilitarian culture okay all right well that's good um but then of course we have to consider how much it contributes and how far we ought to push it because you know if people use it. Our nation will actually do a lot more good in partially considered to people who are in extreme poverty in low-income countries than they're likely to do if we give to organizations working within Australia. i think our discount rate is far too high and there's a lot of people in the world who don't have any of this uh and whom we can make a huge difference.

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