Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

Ten: Benjamin Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it

Apr 12, 2021

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Climate Change vs AI Safety

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How Much Leverage Can You Bring? Impact formula

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Evidence in Effective Altruism is often philosophical arguments

03:34

What is the Common Good?

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Introduction

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Effect of Altruism - What Is It and How People Misunderstand It?

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The Difference Between Effective Altruism and the One That You Give

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What's the Difference Between Evidence Based and Evidence Based Interventions?

2min

Is It a Hits Base Approach to Altruism?

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Effective Altruism

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Effective Altruism

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Is There a Moral Obligation Component to Effective Altruism?

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Effective Altruism Does Have a Moral Claim, Even if It's Limited

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What Is Effective Altruism?

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Is the Common Good Part of Altruism?

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Are There Salient Alternatives to Contributing to the Common Good?

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What Is Effective Altruism?

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Effect Fauchism

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Do You Care About the Common Good?

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You Make Someone's Life a Tiny Bit Better?

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Objections to Effects of Altruism in Practice?

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How Much of a Mistake Is Not to Be in Faterism?

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Education Versus Global Health?

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The Importance of Effective Altruism

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Do You Really Know What the Best Thing Is?

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How Big Is Regression to the Mean?

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Are There Other Ways That Are Worth Bringing Up?

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Is There a Neglectedness?

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Is There a Reason Why You Shouldn't Work on Climate Change

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The Importance of Effective Altruism

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Is There a Way to Save 200 People in One Event?

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Is There a Difference Between Giving and Donating?

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The Importance of Effective Altruism

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Is There a Market for Doing Good?

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Is the Free Market Taking Away All the Good Things?

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Is There Any Reason Why We Shouldn't Expect the World to Be a Better Place?

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The Argument for Effective Altruism Is That We Are Too Irrational

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I'm Richer Than a Mediaeval Peasant, but Sor So Are the Powers That Be

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How to Introduce Effects of Altruism?

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The Effect of Altruism Is Not About Debate

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The Base Line of Altruism in Global Health

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Affect Artuism

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How Big Are the Differences in Impact Between Actions?

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Is effective altruism just about donating money to fight poverty? Does it include a moral obligation to give? How do you talk about it to people who've never heard of it?

In this conversation from 2020, Arden Koehler and 80,000 Hours CEO Ben Todd cover a bunch of topics related to effective altruism.

We also have an article on misconceptions about effective altruism – based on Will MacAskill’s paper The Definition of Effective Altruism – and this episode can act as a companion piece.

Full transcript, related links, and summary of this interview

This episode first broadcast on the regular 80,000 Hours Podcast feed on September 21, 2020. Some related episodes include:

• #75 – Michelle Hutchinson on what people most often ask 80,000 Hours
• Benjamin Todd on varieties of longtermism and things 80,000 Hours might be getting wrong (80k team chat #2)
• Benjamin Todd on what the effective altruism community most needs (80k team chat #4)

Series produced by Keiran Harris.

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Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

Ten: Benjamin Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it

Climate Change vs AI Safety

How Much Leverage Can You Bring? Impact formula

Evidence in Effective Altruism is often philosophical arguments

What is the Common Good?

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