
 Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours (April 2021)
 Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours (April 2021) Ten: Benjamin Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it
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 Apr 12, 2021  Chapters 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 2min 
 Effect of Altruism - What Is It and How People Misunderstand It? 
 01:38 • 2min 
 The Difference Between Effective Altruism and the One That You Give 
 04:06 • 2min 
 What's the Difference Between Evidence Based and Evidence Based Interventions? 
 05:48 • 2min 
 Is It a Hits Base Approach to Altruism? 
 08:12 • 2min 
 Effective Altruism 
 10:24 • 2min 
 Effective Altruism 
 12:15 • 2min 
 Is There a Moral Obligation Component to Effective Altruism? 
 14:36 • 2min 
 Effective Altruism Does Have a Moral Claim, Even if It's Limited 
 16:45 • 3min 
 What Is Effective Altruism? 
 19:42 • 2min 
 Is the Common Good Part of Altruism? 
 21:35 • 2min 
 Are There Salient Alternatives to Contributing to the Common Good? 
 23:23 • 2min 
 What Is Effective Altruism? 
 25:50 • 2min 
 Effect Fauchism 
 27:28 • 2min 
 Do You Care About the Common Good? 
 29:04 • 2min 
 You Make Someone's Life a Tiny Bit Better? 
 31:16 • 2min 
 Objections to Effects of Altruism in Practice? 
 33:03 • 2min 
 How Much of a Mistake Is Not to Be in Faterism? 
 34:53 • 2min 
 Education Versus Global Health? 
 36:35 • 2min 
 The Importance of Effective Altruism 
 38:27 • 2min 
 Do You Really Know What the Best Thing Is? 
 40:21 • 3min 
 How Big Is Regression to the Mean? 
 43:07 • 2min 
 Are There Other Ways That Are Worth Bringing Up? 
 44:58 • 2min 
 Is There a Neglectedness? 
 46:42 • 2min 
 Is There a Reason Why You Shouldn't Work on Climate Change 
 49:10 • 3min 
 The Importance of Effective Altruism 
 52:14 • 2min 
 Is There a Way to Save 200 People in One Event? 
 54:04 • 2min 
 Is There a Difference Between Giving and Donating? 
 55:35 • 2min 
 The Importance of Effective Altruism 
 57:17 • 2min 
 Is There a Market for Doing Good? 
 59:02 • 3min 
 Is the Free Market Taking Away All the Good Things? 
 01:02:02 • 2min 
 Is There Any Reason Why We Shouldn't Expect the World to Be a Better Place? 
 01:04:17 • 2min 
 The Argument for Effective Altruism Is That We Are Too Irrational 
 01:05:56 • 2min 
 I'm Richer Than a Mediaeval Peasant, but Sor So Are the Powers That Be 
 01:08:09 • 2min 
 How to Introduce Effects of Altruism? 
 01:10:00 • 3min 
 The Effect of Altruism Is Not About Debate 
 01:13:15 • 2min 
 The Base Line of Altruism in Global Health 
 01:15:15 • 2min 
 Affect Artuism 
 01:17:45 • 2min 
 How Big Are the Differences in Impact Between Actions? 
 01:19:17 • 3min 
