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Effective Altruism

Effective Altruism is a normative ethical framework that systematically prioritizes charitable interventions based on their impartial, evidence-based expected utility to maximize global well-being.

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3.2K

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111

Authors

83

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2017–2026

40

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Publications

61

Some neo-Darwinian decision rules for altruism: Weighing cues for inclusive fitness as a function of the biological importance of the decision.

Eugene Burnstein, Christian S. Crandall, Shinobu Kitayama · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1994 · 549 citations

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The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically

Travis Timmerman · The Philosophical Quarterly · 2015 · 206 citations

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Effective Altruism and its Critics

Iason Gabriel · Journal of Applied Philosophy · 2016 · 183 citations

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Impediments to Effective Altruism: The Role of Subjective Preferences in Charitable Giving

Jonathan Z. Berman, Alixandra Barasch, Emma Levine et al. · Psychological Science · 2018 · 171 citations

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The most good you can do: how effective altruism is changing ideas about living ethically

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 170 citations

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Authors

111

  1. TP
    Theron Pummer

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 245 citations

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  2. BB
    Brian Berkey

    RTOG Foundation, United States

    4 publications · 147 citations

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  3. SS
    Stefan Schubert

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 133 citations

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  4. LC
    Lucius Caviola

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 133 citations

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  5. JN
    Jason Nemirow

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 90 citations

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Institutions

83

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    672 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    254 citations

  3. Western University

    London, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    100 citations

  4. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    205 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    560 citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  7. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  8. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

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Venues

  1. Utilitas

    4 publications · 160 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    3 publications · 669 citations

    3

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  3. Current Anthropology

    CA · 2 publications · 97 citations

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  4. Judgment and Decision Making

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  5. Social Science & Medicine

    2 publications · 41 citations

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