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The most good you can do : how effective altruism is changing ideas about living ethically / Peter Singer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Singer, Peter, 1946- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Altruism.
Ethics.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Place of Publication:
New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2015.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
1 Effective Altruism
1 What Is Effective Altruism? 3
2 A Movement Emerges 13
2 How to do the Most Good
3 Living Modestly to Give More 23
4 Earning to Give 39
5 Other Ethical Careers 55
6 Giving a Part of Yourself 67
3 Motivation and Justification
7 Is Love All We Need? 75
8 One Among Many 85
9 Altruism and Happiness 97
4 Choosing Causes and Organizations
10 Domestic or Global? 107
11 Are Some Causes Objectively Better than Others? 117
12 Difficult Comparisons 129
13 Reducing Animal Suffering and Protecting Nature 137
14 Choosing the Best Organization 149
15 Preventing Human Extinction 165.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Other Format:
Print version: Singer, Peter, 1946- Most good you can do : how effective altruism is changing ideas about living ethically.
ISBN:
9780300182415
OCLC:
906131555
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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