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Peter Singer, one of the world’s most renowned philosophers, is founder of our organization (named after his book The Life You Can Save). Singer has written extensively on the ethics of charitable giving, arguing that those who can do so without great harm to themselves should seek to make profound improvements in the lives of people suffering in extreme poverty by donating to effective nonprofits. Peter is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University in the U.S. and the University of Melbourne in Australia. He writes and lectures extensively about a wide range of topics and is considered to be a founder of the animal rights movement.
Peter Singer’s book The Life You Can Save lays out an uncompromising case for effective giving by affluent countries … and his organisation of the same…
From sending money directly to the world’s poorest households, to providing tech solutions that enable remote village mills to add lifesaving nutrients to food, effective charities…
As you explore Peter Singer’s book, The Life You Can Save, you may want to consider how Peter’s ideas can actually impact your life and provide…
Harnessing the power of diminishing marginal utility to save lives by Frank J. Martin Thinking at the margins will save lives. Focusing on the additional unit,…
In the last newsletter, I spoke about being “down” a bit in the face of the pandemic and multiple world events, including the recent Intergovernmental Panel…
Bringing Famine, Affluence, and Morality to Life by Frank J. Martin It is December 2020, the pandemic’s “second wave” is battering California. Many of my neighbors, including young…
The founder of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer, is going on tour! In August of 2021, Peter will be visiting Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and…
By Walter Cohen Why did I start giving to “The Life You Can Save?” Two reasons. First, its executive director, Charlie Bresler, is my oldest and…
Living ethically in today’s interconnected world involves helping people who, through no fault of their own, are suffering in ways that we could easily prevent or…
Awarding of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to three pioneers in using randomized controlled trials to fight poverty in developing countries revived questions about the…
A few years ago, the J. Paul Getty Museum paid a sum said to have been in excess of $65 million for the beautiful and historically…
Car salesman Andrei Smith reflects on the 14 months since he pledged to donate 5% of his commission to effective charities.
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