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 ide... Lees meer.

Explore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics. Ethics 101 offers an ex... Lees meer.

This is the first collective study of the thinking behind the effective altruism movement which aims to work out the most efficient ways to use our resources to help others. Leading philosophers economists and political theorists explore the issues which arise once o... Lees meer.

An argument for putting sentiment aside and maximizing the practical impact of our donated dollars. Powerful provocative Nicholas Kristof The New York Times . Peter Singer s books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal L... Lees meer.

The Good It Promises the Harm It Does is the first edited volume to critically engage with Effective Altruism EA . It brings together writers from diverse activist and scholarly backgrounds to explore a variety of unique grassroots movements and community organizing... Lees meer.

The Good It Promises the Harm It Does is the first edited volume to critically engage with Effective Altruism EA . It brings together writers from diverse activist and scholarly backgrounds to explore a variety of unique grassroots movements and community organizing e... Lees meer.

The Good It Promises the Harm It Does is the first edited volume to critically engage with Effective Altruism EA . It brings together writers from diverse activist and scholarly backgrounds to explore a variety of unique grassroots movements and community organizing e... Lees meer.

An up-and-coming visionary in the world of philanthropy and a cofounder of the effective altruism movement explains why most of our ideas about how to make a difference are wrong and presents a counterintuitive way for each of us to do the most good possible. While a... Lees meer.

Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on such issues as animal welfare gender equality the death penalty and more An unlikely duo Professor Peter Singer a preeminent philos... Lees meer.

A radical reassessment of how we can most effectively help others by a rising star of philosophy and leading social entrepreneur. A surprising and often counterintuitive look at the best ways to make a difference . . . MacAskill is that rarest of beasts. a do-gooder... Lees meer.

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From the ethicist the New Yorker calls the most influential living philosopher a new way of thinking about living ethically From the ethicist the New Yorker calls the most influential living philosopher a new way of thinking about living ethically Singer s ar... Lees meer.

Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy choose careers we consider meaningful and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately we often base these deci... Lees meer.

The natural and cultural history of the evolution of our sense of ethics by a leading anthropologist of human morality.... Lees meer.

This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling science writer upends our understanding of survival of the fittest and invites us all to think and act more altruistically The phrase survival of the fittest conjures an image of the most c... Lees meer.