Effective altruism : philosophical issues / edited by Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Greaves, Hilary (Editor, Contributor)
Pummer, Theron (Editor, Contributor)
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Engaging philosophy.
Subjects:
Altruism.
Altruism > Psychological aspects.
Altruism > Economic aspects.
Altruism > Social aspects.
11.06 psychology of religion.
Physical Description:viii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Hilary Greaves ; Theron Pummer. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Overriding virtue / Richard Yetter Chappell
  • The callousness objection / Andreas Mogensen.