• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    A lot of the ultra wealthy espouse a nonsense philosophy called “Effective Altruism”, which asserts a kind of utilitarian “most good for the most people” ethic, but in such a way that one can basically justify any action as being, eventually, for the most good ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Including being good to hypothetical, unlikely trillions that may live someday if we colonize Mars.