Is There a Contrast Between Effective Altruism and Charity?

Sally Kohn: Should we be trying to maximize utility through charitable giving in the way that this sort of philosophical movement had been trying to do? Or should we just be trying to help the people around us? I mean, are both economically cogent ways of thinking about charity? She says it's a matter of emotional balance. You experience this very viscerally, if you travel as a rich westerner, a conspicuous, rich restaurant, to a society like India,. where you're just not used to dealing with begging.