Why Consulting and Banking are the most ethical career paths

Is it possible that consulting and banking are the most ethical career paths? In effective altruism, a key question is what career to pursue. The average person works about 80,000 hours in a lifetime. Though how to make these hours count? A part of effective altruism is the ethics of career choice, part of practical philosophy. The ethics of career choice analyze different career paths regarding their ethical merits. Consulting and banking are career paths which are often controversial - can it be that they are a more ethical career path than working as a medical doctor? Let's explore the moral status of working in consulting and banking. Heinrich is a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Hope this ethical analysis helps to shed some light into the career of a management consultant, learn about a career in consulting and why consulting.

Chapters
00:00 Ethics of career choice
00:55 Would you save the child?
02:18 Inconsistencies in moral judgment
03:10 Consequentialism and counterfactual reasoning
04:32 Working 80,000 hours
05:09 Consultants vs. Medical Doctors (MDs)
07:52 Ethical merits of consulting
09:30 Do consultants cause harm?
10:40 Intro to Effective Altruism

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