Are you claiming that the donors are perfectly rational and have unlimited willpower—and are also perfectly altruistic?
I’m not.
My claim is the modest and surely uncontroversial one that JoshuaZ’s “random African” is a better guardian of his own welfare than you, or Bill Gates, or a random do-gooder.
I might agree about myself or “a random do-gooder” (dunno about Gates), but these people do look like they’ve done their homework.
I’m not.
I might agree about myself or “a random do-gooder” (dunno about Gates), but these people do look like they’ve done their homework.