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Can effective altruism be redeemed?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Are You an Effective Altruist?

"There's nowhere where I signed up to be an effective altruist," he says. "Utilitarianism is roughly a theory that doing the most good possible in some sense, taking all the benefit you gave to all the persons in the world." He doesn't personally subscribe to this idea of utilitarianism and does not agree with everything it stands for. 'I'm really interested in philosophy. I enjoy it a lot'

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