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The average price of a ransom is A$560,000. Saving a life through strategic philanthropy? $A6,000. Journalist Jenny Kleeman investigates the many ways decision-makers put a price on the priceless.
White people that sweep into developing countries to “save” people of colour are widely derided, including by donors. Does this translate to less charity donations?
Pronatalism is inextricably tied to nationalism alongside race, class and ethnicity. Such a framing can quickly become xenophobic.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is one of this concept’s biggest enthusiasts.
Effective altruism, often called ‘EA,’ is closely linked to utilitarian philosophy and calls for donors to carefully scrutinize whether their giving makes an impact.
The term, coined in 2011, refers to people who seek to use their money and time to make as much progress as possible toward solving the world’s most pressing problems.
Longtermism may be derided for focusing on implausible sci-fi scenarios of space colonisation and robot apocalypse, but it raises philosophical questions that are hard to dismiss.
The founder of the now-defunct exchange for trading cryptocurrencies believed in ‘earning to give.’
Your great grandchildren are powerless in today’s society, but the things we do now influence them, for better or worse. What happens when we consider them while we make decisions today?
Far more people are dying of hunger around the world than in Europe’s new war.
To date, the program has provided nearly $10 million to roughly 137,000 of the country’s poorest citizens.
Many well-intentioned people are supporting counterproductive efforts to help Ukraine. Behavioural science can explain why.
Before you reach for that checkbook or give to a charity online, pause to think about what makes a cause good in the first place.
An expert in the charity sector responds to Jeff Bezos’s request for advice on how to give his money away.
Billionaires who pledge their fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give better. It’s all about effective altruism
Effective altruists say you should make the greatest difference – here’s a better way to get people giving.
Australians donate around A$2.4 billion to charity each year, but how many lives does that impact? Effective altruism is a social movement focused on maximising the impact of your donated time and money.
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Reader in Law, Univeristy of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews
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UNESCO Chair in AI Ethics & Governance, IE University
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, Princeton University
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Professor of Practical Ethics, Duke University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Information; Co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Media & Information, Michigan State University
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Research Fellow, Digital Cultures & Societies, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell