I don’t agree with anything about your post, from assumptions to conclusions.
I’d say it’s highly irrational money to give to any charitable cause. As far as I can tell most charities have laudable goals and don’t even keep track record of meeting them. The best they can tell is that they actually spent some high percent of their money taken on some efforts vaguely related to the goal, not on the most cost effective means of meeting their goals. That’s assuming we know what goals to donate to, what’s not really true.
Well, I know for sure that an extremely effective way of helping poor people of the world (one of the most popular targets one way or another) is selfishly trading with them. That’s what I do, I buy cheap sweatshop-produced stuff. And it probably helps them more than I would by sending them money.
If there was suddenly an extra pound in the world and I had to decide best use for it—I would use it on myself. Seriously. And so by marginal reasoning I don’t donate a single pound to any charity. I don’t need it to feel good, and that’s really what charities are about. Not about any causes.
Also—I don’t know any Catholic who gives 10% of their income to charities, including the Catholic Church. Where did you come up with absurdly exaggerated figure like that?
I don’t agree with anything about your post, from assumptions to conclusions.
I’d say it’s highly irrational money to give to any charitable cause. As far as I can tell most charities have laudable goals and don’t even keep track record of meeting them. The best they can tell is that they actually spent some high percent of their money taken on some efforts vaguely related to the goal, not on the most cost effective means of meeting their goals. That’s assuming we know what goals to donate to, what’s not really true.
Well, I know for sure that an extremely effective way of helping poor people of the world (one of the most popular targets one way or another) is selfishly trading with them. That’s what I do, I buy cheap sweatshop-produced stuff. And it probably helps them more than I would by sending them money.
If there was suddenly an extra pound in the world and I had to decide best use for it—I would use it on myself. Seriously. And so by marginal reasoning I don’t donate a single pound to any charity. I don’t need it to feel good, and that’s really what charities are about. Not about any causes.
Also—I don’t know any Catholic who gives 10% of their income to charities, including the Catholic Church. Where did you come up with absurdly exaggerated figure like that?
Look into www.givewell.com
Worth noting, it’s givewell.net. givewell.com links to a Visa card program, givewell.net is a site which aims to answer “Where should I donate?”