Asymmetric Religion and Philosophy

One of my most annoying traits is verbally assaulting foreigners (there's a word you don't hear anymore) with questions.

Thaddeus Mensah was one of my unfortunate victims a few weeks ago. Mr. Mensah's from Sampa, Ghana (below). He and his friend Alex Obroni run a charity in Ghana called Sampa Community Educational Project, Thaddeus here in the US and Alex in Ghana. They build schools and do other good works.

My view on foreign charity:

Generally speaking, a dollar to a person in places like Africa means a lot more than it does to somebody in Los Angeles. Here, it's the difference between a single and double Whopper. Over there, it's the difference between eating for a week or starving, going to school or staying illiterate.

Patriotism is important and there's a utilitarian dimension to helping one's neighbor first, but we should remember that we have obligations to all fellow humans (according to my beliefs and probably yours if you didn't follow a link from some Ayn Rand forum).

Thaddeus seems like a nice guy, and if you are charitably inclined, I'd like for you to consider SCEP.

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