Accepting that empathy and compassion evolved to deal with small groups and embracing it means you don’t have to feel bad about helping someone you have direct contact with because your help would be more ‘effective’ from a utilitarian perspective if directed towards a stranger who is objectively worse off.
You don’t have to feel bad about it in any case. Decision theory and emotions are different things.
You don’t have to feel bad about it in any case. Decision theory and emotions are different things.
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