Utilitarian Arbitrage

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Elozkowski: Utilitarianism leads to repugnant conclusions everywhere. He says effective altruists don't need to bite the bullot of the repugnant conclusion, or anything like that. Elozowski: You can find repugnancy in even the smallest drop of charity money.

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.