Re:America’s Largest Health Insurer Is Giving Apartments to ...
by bzbarsky on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:25PM
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I agree that not every good act or charity can be profitable.
I guess my take on it is that _if_, all else being equal, we can make charitable acts profitable, we should do that, because that's a more reliable incentive than relying on people to do the good and right thing, unfortunately.
In practice, "all else being equal" is often a very strong constraint!
The sentiment in the post I replied to seemed to be that our society should be striving towards "profitable goodness". I think a good action should be taken because it is the good and right thing to do.
Not every good act or charity can be profitable, so if we pick "profitable goodness" as our society's goal then what happens to all the actions that aren't profitable?