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In reply to the discussion: Effective Altruism [View all]

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
7. Yeah...
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 10:43 AM
Mar 2019

...that doesn't work for me.

Reality would be better served with a mortal Fields of Elysium than without.

Claiming humanity is the end goal, the epitome of evolution, is analogus to painting a target circle around the arrow after it has hit a barn wall. And merely the apparent first arrow to hit the wall of one of many, many very large barns.

Effective Altruism [View all] NeoGreen Mar 2019 OP
I'm a fan of safeinOhio Mar 2019 #1
Done some research on it Lordquinton Mar 2019 #2
Thanks... NeoGreen Mar 2019 #3
That's a good comparisson Lordquinton Mar 2019 #4
I have trouble with the word "value"... NeoGreen Mar 2019 #5
His whole view is based on only humans having value Lordquinton Mar 2019 #6
Yeah... NeoGreen Mar 2019 #7
When libertarians try to do good Lordquinton Mar 2019 #8
The shadow of altruism Freelancer Apr 2019 #9
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