I am pretty sure that—if your aim is to try and ensure our descendants colonise the galaxy successfully—then helping the needy in Mozambique is not going to be the best way to do that.
What is the supposed aim of this “good quality” charitable giving? Presumably there is no generally agreed-on one—and different participants pull in somewhat different directions.
Could be. I think that many/most people have some utilitarian impulse in them and this is what I was appealing to in my article.
I myself do have this aim :-). See my response to a comment by taw.
Could be. I think that many/most people have some utilitarian impulse in them and this is what I was appealing to in my article.