Effective altruism's identity as both a philosophy and a social movement requires effective altruists to consider which philosophical commitments are essential, such that one must embrace them in order to count as an effective altruist, at least in part in the light of the goal of building a ...
Effective altruism asks the question: how can we do the most good with our time, money, and resources?
Each year, people donate billions to charities that are but a fraction as impactful as the most effective charities. Why is that? Why are people not helping others more effectively, as proposed by effective altruism? This book seeks to give a psychological explanation, drawing on decades of emp...
The existence of multicollinearity problem was examined with correlation values. The correlation values between the variables lower than 0.85 indicates that there is no multicollinearity problem (Pallant 2005). Mean values of the data were examined and the range of 1.00–1.80 was indicated as ‘very...
Effective altruismPeter SingerObligations to the global poorDemands of moralityThis paper is an examination of the ethical principles of effective altruism as they are articulated by Peter Singer in his book The Most Good You Can Do. It discusses the nature and the plausibility of the principles ...
If you’re lucky enough to live without want, it’s a natural impulse to want to try and help others. Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism But what’s the most effective way to give? This was the question philosopher Peter Singer asked in his 2013 TED Talk, given in...
He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality -- and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share. NOTE: Starting at 0:30, this talk contains 30 seconds of graphic footage. Want to use TED Talks in your organization?
It’s a hard problem and I wish someone with more time could think about it more deeply. But what frustrates me to no end is that EA critics never seem to bring up good points. They are often just like Emmett Shear’s: they criticize a strawman that doesn’t exist, they don’t ...
Effective altruism is the approach of using our time and resources to help others the most (Sentience Institute,). On CLR’s affiliation with this community, see Center on Long-Term Risk (). ), Gunkel (), and Bennett and Daly (
Financial loss can be a problem during quarantine, with people unable to work and having to interrupt their professional activities with no advanced planning; the effects appear to be long lasting. In the reviewed studies, the financial loss as a result of quarantine created serious socioeconomic ...