Famine, Affluence, and Morality - why should it matter where in the world a person is starving? Should donate to help them all the same (via twsu-138).
Effective altruism - donating to anti-malaria campaigns instead of disaster relief = "more bang for your buck" (#utilitarianism)
Émile Torres: "The foundation of all of this is just, maximisation. More is better."
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Illich in illich-in-conversation (?) - "I don't care" to people fundraising for sufferers in Africa, because if I really cared, I'd jump up, hop on a plane right now, and go over and help them myself. There are limits to one's ability to care. Notion of friendship and hospitality.
Bibliography
illich-in-conversation Cayley, David. 1992. Ivan Illich in Conversation. House of Anansi Press. ↩︎ 1