Deliberately offsetting a harm through a “similar” opposite benefit means deliberately restricting that donation to a charity from a restricted subset of possible charities, and it may be less effective than the ones you’ve ruled out.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Yix7BzSQLJ9TYaodG/ethical-offsetting-is-antithetical-to-ea
Offsetting could also justify murder, because there are life-saving charities.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/04/ethics-offsets/
Also related: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eeBwfLfB3iQkpDhz6/at-what-cost-carnivory
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Deliberately offsetting a harm through a “similar” opposite benefit means deliberately restricting that donation to a charity from a restricted subset of possible charities, and it may be less effective than the ones you’ve ruled out.
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Yix7BzSQLJ9TYaodG/ethical-offsetting-is-antithetical-to-ea
Offsetting could also justify murder, because there are life-saving charities.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/04/ethics-offsets/
Also related: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eeBwfLfB3iQkpDhz6/at-what-cost-carnivory