> The painful truth is that it is morally repugnant to donate. I hate saying this, by the way.
I hate that you said it without explaining what you meant. :P
Seriously, when you say "it is morally repugnant to donate" and "it is much better to donate to X" in the same paragraph, I am not sure what to think about it. Do you think that donating to X is still morally repugnant, although a bit less than donating to other causes? Or that donating can either be wrong or right depending on who you donate to (i.e. how the money is going to be used)? Because the latter seems like something that Effective Altruists would totally agree with.
Sorry, my comment was quite unclear. I meant it is dangerous to street people to give the money directly. It is much better to give it to you in the Stabley Schomann organization that knows how to deal with their problems.
I hate that you said it without explaining what you meant. :P
Seriously, when you say "it is morally repugnant to donate" and "it is much better to donate to X" in the same paragraph, I am not sure what to think about it. Do you think that donating to X is still morally repugnant, although a bit less than donating to other causes? Or that donating can either be wrong or right depending on who you donate to (i.e. how the money is going to be used)? Because the latter seems like something that Effective Altruists would totally agree with.