Effective Altruism In Peter Singer's The Most You Can Do
Have you ever wanted to give to a charity? How about giving half of your earnings to a charity of your choice? In Peter Singer’s book, The Most You Can Do, that is exactly what people are doing. People such as Matt Wage, Julia Wise, Rhema Kokama, Celso Vieira, and Priya Basil are just a few of the many people who follow this type of lifestyle. According to these people, they are living ethically as effective altruist. To sum up effective altruism, Peter Singer (2016: vii) states that “effective altruism is based on a very simple idea: we should do the most good we can,” as well as “living a minimally acceptable ethical life involves using a substantial part of our spare resources to make the world a better place.” Overall, effective altruism is the use of high-quality evidence and reasoning to achieve the most on can do during his or her lifetime.
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According to Peter Singer (2016:4), “effective altruist does things like the following:
• Living modestly and donating a large part of their income—often much more than the traditional tenth, or tithe—to the most effective charities;
• Researching and discussing with others which charities are the most effective or drawing on research done by other independent evaluators;
• Choosing the career in which they can earn most, not in order to be able to live affluently but so that they can do more good;
• Talking to others, in person or online, about giving so the idea of effective altruism will spread;
• Giving part of their body—blood, bone marrow, or even a kidney—to a
According to Peter Singer (2016:4), “effective altruist does things like the following:
• Living modestly and donating a large part of their income—often much more than the traditional tenth, or tithe—to the most effective charities;
• Researching and discussing with others which charities are the most effective or drawing on research done by other independent evaluators;
• Choosing the career in which they can earn most, not in order to be able to live affluently but so that they can do more good;
• Talking to others, in person or online, about giving so the idea of effective altruism will spread;
• Giving part of their body—blood, bone marrow, or even a kidney—to a