Effective altruism is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. It’s partly a research field, which aims to identify the world’s most pressing problems and
What is altruism? Lei Feng, a communist born in 1940, has devoted all his life to helping others and he is highly respected by Chinese.To cultivate his spirit, Chinese set a memorial day to commemorate his nobel behavior. Lei’s behavior can be called altruism. Here we will give a ...
Main English Definition to benefit others; altruism Simplified Script 利他 Traditional Script Same Pinyin lìtā Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi) Same Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄚ Cantonese (Jyutping) lei6taa1Word Decomposition 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; ...
What Good Can We Do?WHAT GOOD CAN WE DO? A review of The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is...Davies, Jim
Is there robust evidence for the impact of its programs? It's not always easy for people to find the answers, but they are vital questions to ask. That's why there are now organizations devoted to finding and promoting the best charities. As part of the effective-altruism (利他主义) ...
What is empiricism in research? What does pragmatism mean in sociology? Where did rational choice theory come from? What is a postpositivist paradigm? What is altruism? What is a positivist approach? What is the utilitarian approach to ethical decision making?
not aspirations to genetically responsible parenthood. Germline editing is an expression of what effective altruists call "longtermism". First-generation EA was parochial in space and time. There are intimate links between transhumanism, genome reform, effective altruism and animal ethics. And without ...
What is Humanism? Humanism is a highly effective approach to human development. It is as concerned with personal development as it is with social responsibility. It is probably the most humane and holistic approach to ethical philosophy humanity has ever devised. One way to think of Humanism is...
MACASKILL: I see effective altruism as a happy synergy between moral philosophy and economics. Economics is very good at analyzing optimality. So, you have a certain amount of resources, within the economics world, there’s a question of, like, how can you make that as efficient as possible...
The clunky acronym (pronouncedtes-cree-all) replaces an even clunkier list of labels:transhumanism,extropianism,singularitarianism,cosmism,rationalism,effective altruism, andlongtermism. A lot has been written (and will be written) about each of these worldviews, so I’ll spare you here. (The...