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5912 | We should use money to pay debts before giving to charity [Ross] |
Full Idea: Ceteris paribus, we should pay our debts rather than give our money in charity, when we cannot do both. | |
From: W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §II) | |
A reaction: This seems a neat objection to utilitarianism, though we could reply that the failure to repay a debt will lead to far more trouble, for you and for your creditor, than your failure to be charitable. |