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- Summary
- This is the first collective study of the thinking behind the effective altruism movement. This movement comprises a growing global community of people who organise significant parts of their lives around the two key concepts represented in its name. Altruism is the idea that if we use a significant portion of the resources in our possession-whether money, time, or talents-with a view to helping others then we can improve the world considerably. When we do put such resources to altruistic use, it is crucial to focus on how much good this or that intervention is reasonably expected to do per unit of resource expended (as a gauge of effectiveness). We can try to rank various possible actions against each other to establish which will do the most good with the resources expended. Thus we could aim to rank various possible kinds of action to alleviate poverty against one another, or against actions aimed at very different types of outcome, focused perhaps on animal welfare or future generations. The scale and organisation of the effective altruism movement encourage careful dialogue on questions that have perhaps long been there, throwing them into new and sharper relief, and giving rise to previously unnoticed questions. In this volume a team of internationally recognised philosophers, economists, and political theorists present refined and in-depth explorations of issues that arise once one takes seriously the twin ideas of altruistic commitment and effectiveness
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 247 pages
- Contents
-
- Effective altruism and transformative experience
- Jeff Sebo ; Laurie Paul
- Should we give to more than one charity?
- James Snowden
- A brief argument for the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future
- Nick Beckstead
- Effective altruism, global poverty, and systemic change
- Iason Gabriel ; Brian McElwee
- Benevolent giving and the problem of paternalism
- Emma Saunders-Hastings
- Introduction
- Demanding the demanding
- Ben Sachs
- On satisfying duties to assist
- Christian Barry ; Holly Lawford-Smith
- Effective altruism's underspecification problem
- Travis Timmerman
- The hidden zero problem : effective altruism and barriers to marginal impact
- Mark Budolfson ; Dean Spears
- Beyond individualism
- Stephanie Collins
- Hilary Greaves ; Theron Pummer.
- Overriding virtue
- Richard Yetter Chappell
- The callousness objection
- Andreas Mogensen
- The definition of effective altruism
- William MacAskill
- The moral imperative toward cost-effectiveness in global health
- Toby Ord
- Evidence neutrality and the moral value of information
- Amanda Askell
- Isbn
- 9780198841364
- Label
- Effective altruism : philosophical issues
- Title
- Effective altruism
- Title remainder
- philosophical issues
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the first collective study of the thinking behind the effective altruism movement. This movement comprises a growing global community of people who organise significant parts of their lives around the two key concepts represented in its name. Altruism is the idea that if we use a significant portion of the resources in our possession-whether money, time, or talents-with a view to helping others then we can improve the world considerably. When we do put such resources to altruistic use, it is crucial to focus on how much good this or that intervention is reasonably expected to do per unit of resource expended (as a gauge of effectiveness). We can try to rank various possible actions against each other to establish which will do the most good with the resources expended. Thus we could aim to rank various possible kinds of action to alleviate poverty against one another, or against actions aimed at very different types of outcome, focused perhaps on animal welfare or future generations. The scale and organisation of the effective altruism movement encourage careful dialogue on questions that have perhaps long been there, throwing them into new and sharper relief, and giving rise to previously unnoticed questions. In this volume a team of internationally recognised philosophers, economists, and political theorists present refined and in-depth explorations of issues that arise once one takes seriously the twin ideas of altruistic commitment and effectiveness
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Greaves, Hilary,
- Pummer, Theron,
- Series statement
- Engaging philosophy
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- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- Altruism
- 11.06 psychology of religion
- Label
- Effective altruism : philosophical issues, edited by Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Effective altruism and transformative experience
- Jeff Sebo ; Laurie Paul
- Should we give to more than one charity?
- James Snowden
- A brief argument for the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future
- Nick Beckstead
- Effective altruism, global poverty, and systemic change
- Iason Gabriel ; Brian McElwee
- Benevolent giving and the problem of paternalism
- Emma Saunders-Hastings
- Introduction
- Demanding the demanding
- Ben Sachs
- On satisfying duties to assist
- Christian Barry ; Holly Lawford-Smith
- Effective altruism's underspecification problem
- Travis Timmerman
- The hidden zero problem : effective altruism and barriers to marginal impact
- Mark Budolfson ; Dean Spears
- Beyond individualism
- Stephanie Collins
- Hilary Greaves ; Theron Pummer.
- Overriding virtue
- Richard Yetter Chappell
- The callousness objection
- Andreas Mogensen
- The definition of effective altruism
- William MacAskill
- The moral imperative toward cost-effectiveness in global health
- Toby Ord
- Evidence neutrality and the moral value of information
- Amanda Askell
- Control code
- 1101772304
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198841364
- Lccn
- 2019947210
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101772304
- Label
- Effective altruism : philosophical issues, edited by Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Effective altruism and transformative experience
- Jeff Sebo ; Laurie Paul
- Should we give to more than one charity?
- James Snowden
- A brief argument for the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future
- Nick Beckstead
- Effective altruism, global poverty, and systemic change
- Iason Gabriel ; Brian McElwee
- Benevolent giving and the problem of paternalism
- Emma Saunders-Hastings
- Introduction
- Demanding the demanding
- Ben Sachs
- On satisfying duties to assist
- Christian Barry ; Holly Lawford-Smith
- Effective altruism's underspecification problem
- Travis Timmerman
- The hidden zero problem : effective altruism and barriers to marginal impact
- Mark Budolfson ; Dean Spears
- Beyond individualism
- Stephanie Collins
- Hilary Greaves ; Theron Pummer.
- Overriding virtue
- Richard Yetter Chappell
- The callousness objection
- Andreas Mogensen
- The definition of effective altruism
- William MacAskill
- The moral imperative toward cost-effectiveness in global health
- Toby Ord
- Evidence neutrality and the moral value of information
- Amanda Askell
- Control code
- 1101772304
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- viii, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198841364
- Lccn
- 2019947210
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1101772304
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