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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 ...
Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
MacAskill, also spelt Macaskill, MacCaskill, McAskill and McCaskill is a surname. It is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Asgaill , meaning "son of Asgall ". The Gaelic name Asgall is a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill , son of Torquil.
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."
The Bridget A. Macaskill Stock Index From January 2008 to September 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Bridget A. Macaskill joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -81.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -13.0 percent return from the S&P 500.
Daniel MacAskill (born 23 December 1985) [1] [2] is a Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. He works professionally as a street trials and mountain bike rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles . [ 3 ]
80,000 Hours, a non-profit cofounded by MacAskill whose research informed Doing Good Better's ninth chapter on high-impact career choice. Giving What We Can , an effective altruism organisation building a community of people who pledge to donate at least ten percent of their income to effective charities.
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.