Doing good better : how effective altruism can help you help others, do work that matters, and make smarter choices about giving back /

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Main Author: MacAskill, William, 1987- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016].
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500 |a Includes an "Afterword to the paperback edition" (pages 200-202). 
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505 0 |a Introduction: Worms and water pumps: how can you do the most good? -- One: You are the 1 percent: just how much can you achieve? -- Two: Hard trade-offs: Question #1: how many people benefit, and by how much? -- Three: How you can save hundreds of lives: Question #2: is this the most effective thing you can do? -- Four: Why you shouldn't donate to disaster relief: Question #3: is this are neglected? -- Five: The best person who ever lived is an unknown Ukrainian man: Question #4: what would have happened otherwise? -- Six: Why voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity: Question #5: what are the chances of success, and how good would success be? -- Seven: Overhead costs, CEO pay, and other confusions: which charities make the most difference? -- Eight: The moral case for sweatshop goods: how can consumers make the most difference? -- Nine: Don't "follow your passion": which careers make the most difference? -- Ten: Poverty versus climate change versus...: which causes are most important? -- Conclusion: Becoming an effective altruist: what should you do right now? -- Afterword to the paperback edition -- Appendix: Thinking like an effective altruist: the five key questions of effective altruism. 
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