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William MacAskill

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in Glasgow

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I'm Will MacAskill, an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford, and author of Doing Good Better (Gotham Books, 2015). I've also cofounded two non-profits: 80,000 Hours, which provides research and advice on how you can best make a difference through your career, and Giving What We Can, which encourages people to commit to give at least 10% of their income to the most effective charities. These organisations helped to spark the effective altruism movement. ...more

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	Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference 4.17 avg rating — 7,939 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What We Owe the Future 3.81 avg rating — 6,501 ratings — published 2022 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Right to Rule [Hardcover], A Very Stable Genius [Hardcover], What We Owe The Future 3 Books Collection Set by Ben Riley-Smith, Philip Rucker, William MacAskill (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Effective Altruism Handbook by Ryan Carey (Editor), Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), William MacAskill (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.04 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Uncertainty by William MacAskill (Goodreads Author), Krister Bykvist, Toby Ord 4.14 avg rating — 80 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Utilitarianism by William MacAskill (Goodreads Author), Darius Messner, Lucy Hampton 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collection Set: What We Owe the Future / Doing Good Better 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faire le bien, en mieux !: L'altruisme efficace by William MacAskill (Goodreads Author), Matthieu Ricard (Preface), Philippine Donnelly (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One additional unit of income can do a hundred times as much to the benefit the extreme poor as it can to benefit you or I [earning the typical US wage of $28,000 or ‎£18,000 per year]. [I]t's not often you have two options, one of which is a hundred times better than the other. Imagine a happy hour where you could either buy yourself a beet for $5 or buy someone else a beer for 5¢. If that were the case, we'd probably be pretty generous – next round's on me! But that's effectively the situation we're in all the time. It's like a 99% off sale, or buy one, get ninety-nine free. It might be the most amazing deal you'll see in your life.”
― William MacAskill, Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

tags: charity, effective-altruism, extreme-poverty, global-poverty, marginal-utility, marginal-value, poverty, poverty-reduction

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“The challenge for us is this: How can we ensure that, when we try to help others, we do so as effectively as possible?”
― William MacAskill, Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

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“People who had previously purchased a “green” product were significantly more likely to both lie and steal than those who had purchased the conventional product. Their demonstration of ethical behavior subconsciously gave them license to act unethically when the chance arose.”
― William MacAskill, Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

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