Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Effective altruism originated as a project to figure out how best to help people, how to get the most altruistic bang for the buck. Doing that requires a definition of bang, what you are trying to maximize. One candidate is lives …. Another is dollars …. Saving lives and saving money are both good, but not all lives, or all dollars, are equally good.” (05/18/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/utilitarianism-effective-altruism