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Effective Altruism
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- Fee-based Certificate
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
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Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction
- Week 2 - Getting Started
In this week, we will give those of you who do not have a background in philosophy, or who need a refresher, an opportunity to study two areas of ethics: meta-ethics and normative ethical theories. - Week 3 - Poverty and Affluence, Part 1
What obligations do the affluent have towards those who live in extreme poverty? In this week, we look at one distinct argument based on consequentialist ethics, and also begin the discussion of the effectiveness of aid programs. This week also includes a conv... - Week 4 - Poverty and Affluence, Part 2
In this week we discuss poverty as human rights violations. You will also find a conversation with Dean Karlan about effective solutions to poverty problems in this week. - Week 5 - What is the Best Cause?
How do you get the most value for your charitable dollars? How can you compare different causes to each other, and how do you compare different charities to each other? The guest in this week is Elie Hassenfeld from GiveWell, an organization that tries to find... - Week 6 - How Much Ought We Do to Help Others?
In this week you will meet three individuals who in different ways embody the ideal of effective altruism: Zell Kravinsky, Julia Wise and Alexander Berger. - Week 7 - Career Choice
In this week Will MacAskill and Matt Wage discuss effective altruism and career choice. - Week 8 - The Giving Game
In this week you will have the opportunity to play the Giving Game. - Week 9 - Why Act Ethically?
In this last week, we circle back to some foundational questions in ethics. What is the relationship between rationality, self-interest and ethics? How demanding is morality, and why exactly should be try to live an ethical life? In this week you will also fin...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Peter Singer
Ira W. Decamp Professor of Bioethics
University Center for Human Values
Editor
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