Effective Altruism Social Movement
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A Effective Altruism Social Movement is a evidence-based consequentialist social movement that aims to maximize the effectiveness of actions aimed at benefiting others within ethical decision-making frameworks.
- AKA: EA Ideology, Effective Altruism Philosophy, Effective Altruism Movement.
- Context:
- It can typically guide Effective Altruist Decision-Making Processes through evidence-based evaluation methods and impact assessment tools.
- It can typically promote Effective Altruism Resource Allocation through cause prioritization frameworks and effectiveness metrics.
- It can typically encourage Effective Altruism Career Selection through impact-maximizing career paths and comparative advantage assessments.
- It can typically inform Effective Altruism Donation Strategy through charity effectiveness evaluations and impact per dollar calculations.
- It can typically advance Effective Altruism Global Priority identification through scale, tractability, and neglectedness analysis.
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- It can often involve Effective Altruism Philosophical Principles such as cause neutrality, impartiality, and consequentialist reasoning.
- It can often incorporate Effective Altruism Methodological Approaches such as expected value calculations and counterfactual thinking.
- It can often utilize Effective Altruism Research Findings from global health studies, animal welfare research, and existential risk assessments.
- It can often encourage Effective Altruism Personal Commitments such as significant giving pledges and ethical career choices.
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- It can range from being a Narrowly Focused Effective Altruism Ideology to being a Broadly Applied Effective Altruism Ideology, depending on its cause area scope.
- It can range from being a Short-Term Focused Effective Altruism Ideology to being a Longtermist Effective Altruism Ideology, depending on its temporal focus.
- It can range from being a Moderate Effective Altruism Ideology to being a Radical Effective Altruism Ideology, depending on its commitment intensity.
- It can range from being a Localized Effective Altruism Ideology to being a Global Effective Altruism Ideology, depending on its geographical scope.
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- It can have Effective Altruism Institutional Manifestations through effective altruism organizations and effective altruism research institutes.
- It can have Effective Altruism Academic Foundations through philosophical papers and academic books.
- It can have Effective Altruism Community Structures through local effective altruism groups and effective altruism conferences.
- It can have Effective Altruism Media Presence through effective altruism podcasts, effective altruism blogs, and effective altruism forums.
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- Examples:
- Effective Altruism Approach Categories, such as:
- Effective Altruism Cause Areas, such as:
- Global Health and Development Effective Altruism Approach focusing on evidence-based poverty alleviation interventions.
- Animal Welfare Effective Altruism Approach addressing factory farming suffering reduction and wild animal welfare improvement.
- Existential Risk Reduction Effective Altruism Approach prioritizing artificial intelligence safety research and biosecurity enhancement.
- Longtermism Effective Altruism Approach emphasizing future generation welfare protection and civilization trajectory improvement.
- Effective Altruism Implementation Methods, such as:
- Earning to Give Effective Altruism Method involving high-income career pursuit for maximized donation impact.
- Direct Work Effective Altruism Method involving direct impact career in effective altruism priority cause areas.
- Community Building Effective Altruism Method expanding effective altruism movement reach through effective altruism outreach.
- Research Effective Altruism Method producing effective altruism cause prioritization research and intervention effectiveness analysis.
- Effective Altruism Cause Areas, such as:
- Effective Altruism Organization Categories, such as:
- Effective Altruism Founding Organizations, such as:
- Giving What We Can encouraging effective altruism donation pledges and effective charity recommendations.
- 80,000 Hours providing effective altruism career advice and impact-focused career planning.
- Centre for Effective Altruism serving as an effective altruism coordination hub and effective altruism resource provider.
- Effective Altruism Funding Organizations, such as:
- Open Philanthropy conducting effective altruism grant making based on effective altruism research.
- Future Fund supporting effective altruism longtermist projects and effective altruism movement building.
- Animal Charity Evaluators assessing effective altruism animal welfare organizations for effective altruism donation direction.
- Effective Altruism Founding Organizations, such as:
- Effective Altruism Intellectual Foundations, such as:
- Effective Altruism Philosophical Texts, such as:
- "Doing Good Better" presenting effective altruism fundamental principles and effective altruism practical applications.
- "The Life You Can Save" making effective altruism moral case for effective altruism global poverty action.
- "What We Owe The Future" articulating effective altruism longtermist arguments and effective altruism future ethics.
- Effective Altruism Key Figures, such as:
- William MacAskill developing effective altruism philosophical frameworks and effective altruism academic advancement.
- Peter Singer providing effective altruism ethical foundations and effective altruism moral arguments.
- Toby Ord contributing effective altruism existential risk analysis and effective altruism longtermist perspectives.
- Effective Altruism Philosophical Texts, such as:
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- Effective Altruism Approach Categories, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Traditional Philanthropy, which lacks evidence-based impact assessments and cause prioritization methodology.
- Effective Accelerationism, which prioritizes technological progress acceleration over altruistic outcome optimization.
- Existentialism, which emphasizes individual meaning creation rather than consequentialist outcome maximization.
- Religious Charity, which is typically motivated by faith-based principles rather than evidence-based effectiveness measures.
- Localized Community Service, which focuses on immediate community benefits without global welfare considerations.
- Economic Development Aid, which often employs predetermined interventions without rigorous impact evaluations.
- See: Altruism, Consequentialism, Utilitarianism, Social Movement, Charity (Practice), Nonprofit Sector, Global Priority, Longtermism, Existential Risk, Evidence-Based Practice, Moral Philosophy.
References
2023
- (GPT-4, 2023) ⇒ "Effective Altruism Ideology." Accessed via OpenAI's GPT-4.
- NOTE: It highlights Effective Altruism as a consequentialist moral system grounded in evidence-based practices, focusing on optimizing altruistic outcomes. It distinguishes itself from traditional altruism by its broad, evidence-based approach, considering all causes and actions to achieve the greatest positive impact. Key aspects include its application in various sectors, including nonprofit and scientific projects, and its association with notable figures like Peter Singer. This ideology emphasizes rational decision-making in philanthropy and career choices, aimed at maximizing global benefits.
2020
- (Ord, 2020) ⇒ Toby Ord. (2020). “The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity." Hachette UK.
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/effective_altruism Retrieved:2015-10-24.
- Effective altruism is a philosophy and intellectual movement that applies evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists aim to consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that brings about the greatest positive impact. It is this broad evidence-based approach that distinguishes effective altruism from traditional altruism or charity. While a substantial proportion of effective altruists have focused on the nonprofit sector, the philosophy of effective altruism applies much more broadly, e.g., to prioritizing the scientific projects, companies, and policy initiatives which can be estimated to save and improve the most lives. [1] Notable people associated with the movement include Peter Singer,[2] Dustin Moskovitz[3] and Toby Ord.Cite error: Invalid
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- Effective altruism is a philosophy and intellectual movement that applies evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists aim to consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that brings about the greatest positive impact. It is this broad evidence-based approach that distinguishes effective altruism from traditional altruism or charity. While a substantial proportion of effective altruists have focused on the nonprofit sector, the philosophy of effective altruism applies much more broadly, e.g., to prioritizing the scientific projects, companies, and policy initiatives which can be estimated to save and improve the most lives. [1] Notable people associated with the movement include Peter Singer,[2] Dustin Moskovitz[3] and Toby Ord.Cite error: Invalid
- ↑ http://globalprioritiesproject.org/
- ↑ http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/19/why-how-effective-altruism-peter-singer-visualized/
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/billionaire-couple-give-plenty-to-charity-but-they-do-quite-a-bit-of-homework/2014/12/26/19fae34c-86d6-11e4-b9b7-b8632ae73d25_story.html
2015
- (MacFarquhar, 2015) ⇒ Larissa MacFarquhar. (2015). “Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help." Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN:9780698195608
2015
- (Singer, 2015) ⇒ Peter A. D. Singer. (2015). “The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically." Yale University Press. ISBN:9780300182415
2015
- (MacAskill, 2015) ⇒ William MacAskill. (2015). “Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others." Guardian Faber Publishing.
2009
- (Singer, 2009) ⇒ Peter Singer. (2009). “The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty." Random House.