From a utilitarian perspective, the priority of altruistic action should be that which can simultaneously reduce immediate human suffering and expand altruistic behavior (proselytizing a lifestyle, since the basis of altruism is altruistic motivation).
I disagree with this perspective, but I am also confused on the downvotes as the comment seems academic and polite—shouldn’t disagreements be expressed through the X? Or did I miss some criteria on down/upvotes?
From a utilitarian perspective, the priority of altruistic action should be that which can simultaneously reduce immediate human suffering and expand altruistic behavior (proselytizing a lifestyle, since the basis of altruism is altruistic motivation).
I disagree with this perspective, but I am also confused on the downvotes as the comment seems academic and polite—shouldn’t disagreements be expressed through the X? Or did I miss some criteria on down/upvotes?
I did not downvote myself, but to me the comment from idea21 seems off-topic to the post itself which is a (not very strong) negative.