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How moral clarity can become moral paralysis

I read about effective altruism and now I can't enjoy anything because every dollar I spend on coffee could save a life somewhere else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Rational ethics can generate obligations so vast that they overwhelm the capacity for action rather than inspiring it.

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