The Corruption of Charity

The Corruption of Charity
Samuel Bankman-Fried, then-CEO of FTX, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 9, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Nothing is corruptible as a motivation that is universally celebrated as perfect. There will always be a danger that such an unquestioned motivation works as a perfect cover for egregious moral harm. The writings of H.L. Mencken on puritanism come to mind. In his literary career, he cultivated a keen awareness of how and when public figures deploy moral purity as a disguise for the opposite.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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