Uh? The proper analogy is that your friend says “I’m considering working at a minimum wage blue collar job and not donating anything or working as a drug gangster and giving $50,000 a year to GiveWell’s top charity. The second option would give me a happier life. I trust your judgement. Which of these two options is morally better? ”
Alright, I pick the drug gangster path, taking into account the fact that his being a drug gangster probably displaces someone else from selling to his customers and so the marginal harm of this career choice isn’t all that high.
Uh? The proper analogy is that your friend says “I’m considering working at a minimum wage blue collar job and not donating anything or working as a drug gangster and giving $50,000 a year to GiveWell’s top charity. The second option would give me a happier life. I trust your judgement. Which of these two options is morally better? ”
Alright, I pick the drug gangster path, taking into account the fact that his being a drug gangster probably displaces someone else from selling to his customers and so the marginal harm of this career choice isn’t all that high.
Ok, we clearly have irreconcilably different values.