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Rationally Speaking #139 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Moral hypocrisy: why doesn't knowing about ethics make people more ethical?"

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The Difference Between Utilitarianism and Altruism

I've been playing with this related idea of not, not trying to answer the question of how moral should I be in. There's a distinction you can make between between ways of approaching utilitarianism or effective altruism as well. So obligation is the more traditional, like, these are rules and I have an obligation to follow them. And opportunity is more like looking around the world for good bargains that don't require much effort on my part.

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