NHJ Essay Sparks EA Debate: Social Justice Abstractions vs Your Own Child
eigenrobot · x · 2026-09-21
Jacob Shell highlights a circulating NHJ piece questioning whether it's evil to morally prioritize social justice abstractions over one's own child, contrasted with Dylan Matthews' EA position that anyone not donating to his favored mosquito-net charity is morally equivalent to a child murderer. Thomas Chatterton Williams weighs in backing the daughter. A window into the ongoing clash between EA culture and progressive moral views.
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