The Tri Problem

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One of the problems i have with these kind of prolems is that there's nothing in life like this that sounds like a cheap shop, but it's not. It's sort of like how, you know, in politics, all the non controversial issues are easy to solve, and therefore they don't crop up in national debate. But then all the controversial issues that can really split people down the middle are exactly the things that tha people run on. And so we're left with t the things that may look like trolley problems, but are. The math is the same. Its one person for five. So why shouldn't you do it?

Neuroscientist Erik Hoel talks about why he is not an "effective altruist" with EconTalk host, Russ Roberts. Hoel argues that the utilitarianism that underlies effective altruism--a movement co-founded by Will MacAskill and Peter Singer--is a poison that inevitably leads to repugnant conclusions and thereby weakens the case for the strongest claims made by effective altruists.