I thought this was called moral licencing - "I am doing good here so it excuses the bad I do there." - Tessa Schlesinger

Another practice of effective altruism is the idea that you can offset your moral failing by using money you obtain from your ventures to give to charity. Thus, rather than finding ethical ways to obtain wealth, it is morally acceptable to buy forgivenes…
Longtermism is repackaged utilitarianism and just as bad
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Aug 21, 2021
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I thought this was called moral licencing - "I am doing good here so it excuses the bad I do there."
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Written by Tessa Schlesinger9.8K Followers
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