Effective Altruism’s Faith-Based Sacrifice for the Future
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
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The Foundations of Altruism
effective altruism has long portrayed itself as a rational alternative to an irrational, emotionalist approach to charity. But critics have noticed that its doctrine and the sociology of those who practice it have the trappings of a religion. There's every reason to think this is not due to the amoralism of its advocates or the foolishness of their ideal but because they are influenced by religious ideas pervading two millennia of Christianity.
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