Does the Effective Altruism Movement Get Giving Right?

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that uses empirical data to maximize the impact of charitable efforts. Those who champion EA praise its methodological framework for maximizing the effectiveness of donations, thus ensuring equal consideration for all individuals. Those who challenge EA argue that its emphasis on measurable outcomes may overlook important yet hard-to-quantify causes, potentially restricting the scope of what's considered beneficial. Now we debate: Does the Effective Altruism Movement Get Giving Right? Arguing Yes: Peter Singer, Author of “The Most Good You Can Do”; Philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University Arguing No: Alice Crary, Co-Editor of “The Good it Promises, The Harm it Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism”; University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	This is open to debate. I'm John Don Van.
0:32.8	Hi everybody.
0:33.8	Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, Sam Bankman-freed.
0:37.6	These are just some of the present and in one case former billionaires
0:41.0	who have pledged not to hold on to their wealth but to give most or all of it away.
0:46.0	A gesture that is aligned with the spirit of a movement known as effective altruism.
0:51.0	Effective altruism is a growing movement. It's actually attracting many tech
0:55.0	professionals and students at elite universities, people who are likely to make a lot of
0:58.7	money and they are committing to give it away under the rubric of effective altruism.
1:04.0	Effective altruism, which we will shorten from time to time as EA, EA at its core asks a very
1:10.1	human question that we can all relate to. How can I do the most good?
1:14.4	Effective altruism is gaining a lot of attention both positive and negative for
1:19.3	how it is formulating answers to that question. the movement aims to quantify outcomes and to use
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