80,000 Hours is a student run organization at Oxford University that helps people find a job or career in something that makes the world better. This is great for so many obvious reasons – but the one I love the most is that it shows how philosophy can be applied in your life everyday.
Do you want to spend 8 (or more) hours a day just earning a couple dollars when you can get paid to make the planet, people, and the world better?
According to the organization’s view of ethics-as-impact, a do-gooder job only “does good†insofar as you are better at it than the person who would have filled the job otherwise. “This is the replaceability factor,†says MacAskill. “The difference between you and the person who would have been in your shoes.†If you’re fully replaceable, you are, quite literally, not making a difference.
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