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William David MacAskill (né Crouch; born 24 March 1987) [2] is a Scottish philosopher and author, as well as one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. [3] [4] [5] He was a Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute at the University of Oxford, co-founded Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours, [6] and is the author of Doing Good Better ...
What We Owe the Future is a 2022 book by the Scottish philosopher and ethicist William MacAskill, an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Oxford.It advocates for effective altruism and the philosophy of longtermism, which MacAskill defines as "the idea that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time."
A prominent voice in the “effective altruism” movement, MacAskill has served as Sam Bankman-Fried’s mentor. Who Is William MacAskill, the Oxford Philosopher Who Shaped Sam Bankman-Fried’s ...
Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and How You Can Make a Difference is a 2015 book by William MacAskill that serves as a primer on the effective altruism movement that seeks to do the most good. [1] It is published by Random House and was released on July 28, 2015. [2] [3]
Philosopher Amia Srinivasan criticized William MacAskill's Doing Good Better for a perceived lack of coverage of global inequality and oppression, while noting that effective altruism is in principle open to whichever means of doing good is most effective, including political advocacy aimed at systemic change. [113]
Philosopher William MacAskill defines longtermism as "the view that positively influencing the longterm future is a key moral priority of our time". [2] [6]: 4 He distinguishes it from strong longtermism, "the view that positively influencing the longterm future is the key moral priority of our time". [7] [3]
The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is an Oxford-based organisation that builds and supports the effective altruism community. It was founded in 2012 by William MacAskill and Toby Ord, both philosophers at the University of Oxford.
(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, writing by Sarah Young, editing by William James) Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. Variety.