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“Responding to bereavement by trying to make a difference is certainly both understandable and admirable, but it doesn't give you good reason to raise money for one specific cause of death rather than any other. If that person had died in different circumstances it would have been no less tragic. What we care about when we lose someone close to us is that they suffered or died, not that they died from a specific cause. By all means, the sadness we feel at the loss of a loved one should be harnessed in order to make the world a better place. But we should focus that motivation on preventing death and improving lives per se, rather than preventing death and improving lives in one very specific way. Any other decision would be unfair on those we could have helped more.”

Impartiality Saving Lives Effective Altruism Cause Neutrality

Book:Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

Source: Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

“Effective altruism is about asking "How can I make the biggest difference I can?" and using evidence and careful reasoning to try to find an answer. It takes a scientific approach to doing good. Just as science consists of the honest and impartial attempt to work out what's true, and a committment to believe the truth whatever that turns out to be. As the phrase suggests, effective altruism consists of the honest and impartial attempt to work out what's best for the world, and a commitment to do what's best, whatever that turns out to be.”

Altruism Impartiality Utilitarianism Effective Altruism World Improvement Doing Good Better Evidence Based Altruism Evidence Based Charity

Book:Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference

Source: Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference