Effective Altruism

International Encyclopedia of Ethics (2020)
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Abstract

In this entry, we discuss both the definition of effective altruism and objections to effective altruism, so defined.

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Theron Pummer
University of St. Andrews
William MacAskill
Oxford University

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Risk and Rationality.Lara Buchak - 2013 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Moral Uncertainty.William MacAskill, Krister Bykvist & Toby Ord - 2020 - Oxford University Press.

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