Reprinted from "Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis" by Nicole Karlis, courtesy of University of California Press ...

Research consistently finds that acts of altruism, such as donating money, volunteering or giving blood, benefit both the receiver and the giver — even when the giver does not expect anything in ...

Altruism is widespread in nature. Worker honey bees devote their entire life to foraging and caring for their sister, the queen, and her offspring, but do not themselves reproduce. In widow ...

AP A Facebook billionaire is using a government loophole to quietly place followers of the controversial “effective altruism” movement in key national security roles in the Biden administration.

It was through her involvement in UNYA that she was introduced to the concept of effective altruism. This philosophical movement, which gained traction in tech circles, emphasizes an evidence ...

Progressives at The New Statesman recently criticized the effective-altruism movement, claiming that it provides “ideological cover for racism and sexism.” That criticism, whatever its merits, misses ...

“An important insight of effective altruism is that we can also help people indirectly, by donating a portion of our earnings.” This concept, known as “earn to give,” apparently appealed ...

(Credit: Mile 91/Ben Langdon/Alamy Stock Photo) Effective altruism’s philosophical roots lie in the concept of utilitarianism. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, theorists like John Stuart ...

On this episode, effective altruism’s defenders and critics try to persuade Curtis where and how to give. Who can most effectively persuade an ordinary person as to the right way to donate to ...

McCormick junior Julian Baldwin learned about Effective Altruism Northwestern ... to dive deeper into the movement’s nuances and the concept of cause prioritization. “It’s more like offering ...

Utilitarianism shares a number of features with effective altruism. When it comes to making ethical decisions, both movements posit that no one person’s pleasure or pain counts more than anyone else’s ...