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Here Are The World’s Most Effective Charities
Here is the list of 18 charities dubbed “2017’s Best” by The Life You Can Save, a respected site that encourages effective philanthropy—meaning that these charities…
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Weekend Edition: The Life You Can Save
I read it in search of perspective on how to give to charitable causes in an efficient way. As a newcomer to any serious form of…
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From Ackman to Musk, Charity Giving Takes on Stock-Picking Feel
When it comes to charity, some of the biggest names on Wall Street can be as hard-nosed about where they put their money as they are…
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Expert sparks heated debate over what’s a ‘worthy’ charity
Princeton University philosophy professor Peter Singer, an advocate of “effective altruism,” says we need to use our heads as well as our hearts in choosing which…
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Peter Singer’s Extremely Altruistic Heirs
Over the last forty-plus years, Singer has nagged at the conscience, and the reason, of thousands who have encountered his ideas in their college ethics courses,…
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Paul Simon sings for ‘Life’ at Hills home
Approximately 150 people shared Silicon Valley’s comparatively modest skyline with Simon Oct. 1 at an outdoor private benefit concert for The Life You Can Save, a…
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Author is advocate of smart altruism
The effective altruists don’t feel as if they’re giving up anything; in fact, practicing effective altruism is itself a source of happiness. Singer cites studies that…
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Where your money is the most effective in the charitable world?
I’m Peter Singer (Australian moral philosopher) and I’m here to answer your questions about where your money is the most effective in the charitable world, or…
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How people can have more impact with their charitable donations
Charlie Bresler, Executive Director, The Life You Can Save, describes how people can have more impact with their charitable donations. Read the full article
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The $400-Million Gift to Harvard: Smart Giving or Misdirected?
Jon Behar of the Life You Can Save, a nonprofit that promotes effective altruism, says the money could have achieved more good elsewhere. That’s because of…
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Poor Kids vs. Batkid: Ethicist Peter Singer on How to Choose a Charitable Cause
In 2013, San Francisco transformed itself into Gotham City to raise the spirits of Miles Scott, a 5-year-old Batman fan with leukemia. Coverage of the Make-a-Wish…
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The Life You Can Save: A Girl is Drowning
Not long after stepping down as president of the Men’s Wearhouse clothing chain, Bresler read The Life You Can Save and decided to devote himself to…