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Can effective altruism be redeemed?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Is EA Led Too Hard Into Utilitarianism?

Is it possible that SPF was motivated by utilitarianism to have this ends justify the means mentality? I feel like it is a risk. Anytime you're maximizing something, that's just it's perilous. Life is complicated. And there's a lot of different dimensions that we care about and we're often confused about what we ourselves want.

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