Well done. Not only well researched, but explains utilitarianism and effective altruism in a crisp and clear pedagogy. Utilitarianism, in my view, is exactly what would happen if a programmer could possibly program a “working philosophy” into an AI. Everything accounted for with no nuance or human element. Bentham’s panopticon manifested. I wonder what an effective altruist’s answer to Catherine Austin Fitt’s moral dilemma of pushing a button to eliminate all drug money laundering in the world, which would collapse the economy but free many people from their addictions? Maddie I’d love to see you debate MacAskill.
Effective Altruism is basically baked into Stakeholder Capitalism.
Well done. Not only well researched, but explains utilitarianism and effective altruism in a crisp and clear pedagogy. Utilitarianism, in my view, is exactly what would happen if a programmer could possibly program a “working philosophy” into an AI. Everything accounted for with no nuance or human element. Bentham’s panopticon manifested. I wonder what an effective altruist’s answer to Catherine Austin Fitt’s moral dilemma of pushing a button to eliminate all drug money laundering in the world, which would collapse the economy but free many people from their addictions? Maddie I’d love to see you debate MacAskill.