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The Definition of Effective Altruism — Effective Altruism: Philosophical Issues
- Key
- macaskill2019definition
- Authors
- MacAskill, William
- Issued
- 2019
- Type
- chapter
- Container
- Effective Altruism: Philosophical Issues
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publisher place
- Oxford
- Pages
- 10-28
Raw CSL JSON
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Claims
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The term 'effective altruism' was coined on 3 December 2011 through the founding of the Centre for Effective Altruism.
"The term 'effective altruism' was coined through the founding of the Centre for Effective Altruism, in a democratic process among seventeen people involved in the organization, on 3 December 2011."
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MacAskill defines effective altruism as the use of evidence and careful reasoning to work out how to maximize the good with a given unit of resources, combined with action based on those findings.
"effective altruism is about using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis"
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