Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
I have heard that argument made in a slightly different context.

The case given was for an investment banker earning $600K annually. Disgusted with her life of greed, she considers chucking it all and working as a relief volunteer in South Sudan.

But not so fast, says a concerned utilitarian. Local workers can be hired for a sack of rice per week. She is ethically obligated to stay in investment banking and donate her salary to hire squadrons of local relief workers in order to serve the greater good.
Investment banking does not serve the greater good.

That is like saying one must keep working at his job clear-cutting forests so he can afford to replant trees. Better to just not cut down the trees.