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Doing Good Better : How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference by William MacAskill is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Decisions On Assumptions And Emotions Rather Than Facts. As A Result, Even Our Best Intentions Often Lead To Ineffective?and Sometimes Downright Harmful?outcomes. How Can We Do Better? While A Researcher At Oxford, Trying To Figure Out Which Career Would Allow Him To Have The Greatest Impact, William Macaskill Confronted This Problem Head On. He Discovered That Much Of The Potential For Change Was Being Squandered By Lack Of Information, Bad Data, And Our Own Prejudice. As An Antidote, He And His Colleagues Developed Effective Altruism, A Practical, Data-driven Approach That Allows Each Of Us To Make A Tremendous Difference Regardless Of Our Resources.^ Effective Altruists Believe That It?s Not Enough To Simply Do Good; We Must Do Good Better. At The Core Of This Philosophy Are Five Key Questions That Help Guide Our Altruistic Decisions: How Many People Benefit, And By How Much? Is This The Most Effective Thing I Can Do?

Who reads Doing Good Better : How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference?

Author

William MacAskill

Publisher

Avery

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780698191105

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Sociology, Fiction, Self Help

Rating

4.23 / 5 (1,265 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14