On #5 (opportunity costs) (and to some extent #3 (fun)), I think it’s better to frame it positively and get rid of concepts like “obligation” and “morally responsible”. Saving a child’s life is great. Saving more children’s lives is even better. Hooray for each life you save!
If you want to save more children’s lives (or insert your charitable goal here), you can pursue this goal similarly to how you would pursue any other directional goal (e.g., read more books, eat healthier, have more fun, exercise more, make more friends, run faster). Aim for a reachable target, look for opportunities to take steps in the right direction, reward yourself when you make progress, get social support/encouragement/validation by talking with people who share the same goal, learn tricks that other people with the same goal have used successfully, keep striving to do better, etc. Don’t frame the topic in a way that makes you feel bad and creates an ugh field.
On #5 (opportunity costs) (and to some extent #3 (fun)), I think it’s better to frame it positively and get rid of concepts like “obligation” and “morally responsible”. Saving a child’s life is great. Saving more children’s lives is even better. Hooray for each life you save!
If you want to save more children’s lives (or insert your charitable goal here), you can pursue this goal similarly to how you would pursue any other directional goal (e.g., read more books, eat healthier, have more fun, exercise more, make more friends, run faster). Aim for a reachable target, look for opportunities to take steps in the right direction, reward yourself when you make progress, get social support/encouragement/validation by talking with people who share the same goal, learn tricks that other people with the same goal have used successfully, keep striving to do better, etc. Don’t frame the topic in a way that makes you feel bad and creates an ugh field.