If it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything morally significant, ...

Tech billionaire Dustin Mosovitz is one of the world's wealthiest effective altruists. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images Effective altruism is an intellectual and charitable movement that ...

When I told friends and family I was working on a book about the science of heroism and altruism, some sounded skeptical. “There’s no such thing as true altruism,” they would say. “Don’t people ...

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement concerned with finding the most effective ways to make the world a better place, according to Graeme McDonough, a junior on the Effective ...

In a world seemingly driven by self-interest and personal gain, one might wonder: Is altruism still alive? Has the essence of selflessness faded away amidst the chaos of modern society? These ...

(The Conversation) — One of the ways tech billionaire Elon Musk attracts supporters is the vision he seems to have for the future: people driving fully autonomous electric vehicles, colonizing other ...

Among the wealthiest proponents of effective altruism is Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook and makes charitable giving decisions with his wife, Cari Tuna. Effective altruism is an intellectual ...