An argument for putting sentiment aside and maximizing the practical
impact of our donated dollars: “Powerful, provocative” (Nicholas
Kristof, The New York Times). Peter Singer’s books and ideas have
been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal
Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a challenging new movement
in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism.
Effective altruism is built upon the simple but profoundly unsettling
idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the “most good
you can do.” Such a life requires a rigorously unsentimental view
of charitable giving: to be a worthy recipient of our support, an
organization must be able to demonstrate that it will do more good
with our money or our time than other options open to us. Singer
introduces us to an array of remarkable people who are restructuring
their lives in accordance with these ideas, and shows how,
paradoxically, living altruistically often leads to greater personal
fulfillment than living for oneself. Doing the Most Good develops
the challenges Singer has made, in the New York Times and Washington
Post, to those who donate to the arts, and to charities focused on
helping our fellow citizens, rather than those for whom we can do the
most good. Effective altruists are extending our knowledge of the
possibilities of living less selfishly, and of allowing reason, rather
than emotion, to determine how we live. Doing the Most Good offers new
hope for our ability to tackle the world’s most pressing problems.
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ISBN
9780300182415
Publisert
2015
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Yale University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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