Effective altruism's scandals are minor next to its record, and its ratio of accomplishments to scandals is as good as that of any large institution.

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• Effective altruism is deeply utilitarian in practice, whatever its members say about not being utilitarians. ÉTÉmile P. Torres19 Oct 2021similar wording

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