Sublime

In part, because the three most powerful men in the otriad, Tuvia, Asael, and Malbin, wanted to save as many Jews as possible and regardless of who they otherwise were, this policy prevailed.

At least some of his fellow effective altruists aimed to bankrupt Sam, almost as a service to humanity, so that he might never be allowed to trade again.

receive anything in return for what you are willing to give.

George heard about the issues, too, and this allowed him to detect patterns in his new patients’ behavior. For example, they all professed to care about “humanity,” while at the same time often being a bit slow to love actual people.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

How can there be anything wrong with trying to do good? The answer may be: when the good is an accomplice to even greater, if more invisible, harm.

A free society cannot be maintained without an ethics of rational self-interest. Neither can it be maintained except by men and women who have achieved a healthy level of self-esteem. And a healthy level of self-esteem cannot be maintained without a willingness to assert—and, if necessary, fight for—our right to exist. It is on this point that issu