Would it be altruistic to walk past a person dying in the streets so you can close an extra deal, make an extra buck and send that to a far away place to help a few more people? That seems rather cold and calculating and not in a good way.
There definitely are people suffering to a high degree in SF btw. The homeless situation is quite dire.
It similar doesn’t seem altruistic to help people on the streets close to you and ignore poor people in a different country just because they are far away.
No situation short of “help everybody” really sounds appealing. Short of solving all problems in the world, prioritizing problems is necessary. What’s wrong with prioritizing problems based on where the most suffering is?
Would it be altruistic to walk past a person dying in the streets so you can close an extra deal, make an extra buck and send that to a far away place to help a few more people? That seems rather cold and calculating and not in a good way.
There definitely are people suffering to a high degree in SF btw. The homeless situation is quite dire.
It similar doesn’t seem altruistic to help people on the streets close to you and ignore poor people in a different country just because they are far away.
No situation short of “help everybody” really sounds appealing. Short of solving all problems in the world, prioritizing problems is necessary. What’s wrong with prioritizing problems based on where the most suffering is?