The Most Good You Can Do

How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas aboutLiving Ethically

By: Peter Singer

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Paperback | 27 April 2016

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Internationally renowned philosopher Peter Singer presents a challenging new movement in the search for an ethical life, one that has emerged from his work on some of the world's most pressing problems.
Effective altruism requires a rigorously unsentimental view of charitable giving- a substantial proportion of our money, and time, should be donated to the organisations that will do the most good with those resources, rather than those that tug the heartstrings.
Singer introduces us to an array of remarkable people who are restructuring their lives in accordance with these ideas, and shows how, paradoxically, effective altruism often leads to profound personal fulfilment.

'Singer makes a strong case for a simple idea-that each of us has a tremendous opportunity to help others with our abilities, time and money. The Most Good You Can Do is an optimistic and compelling look at the positive impact that giving can have on the world.' Bill and Melinda Gates

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`Peter Singer's status as a man of principles and towering intellect-a philosopher extraordinaire, if you will-is unrivalled in Australia.' * Sydney Morning Herald *
`Peter Singer is a public intellectual par excellence.' * Monthly *
'Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.' * New Yorker *
'Forty years on from Animal Liberation, Peter Singer is still challenging our complacency with his advocacy for new ideas and movements...In clear prose, Singer weaves effective altruism into a timely and convincing ideology.' * Books & Publishing *
`Singer makes a strong case for a simple idea-that each of us has a tremendous opportunity to help others with our abilities, time and money. The Most Good You Can Do is an optimistic and compelling look at the positive impact that giving can have on the world.' * Bill and Melinda Gates *
`The Most Good You Can Do is an important book. Reading it may change your life and save someone else's.' * Australian Book Review *

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