The Most Good You Can Do

How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically

By: Peter Singer

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Peter Singer's books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a new movement in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism.

Effective altruism is built upon the simple, but profound, idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the "most good you can do". Such a life requires an unsentimental view of charitable giving: To be a worthy recipient of our support, an organization must be able to demonstrate that it will do more good with our money or our time than other options open to us. Singer introduces us to an array of remarkable people who are restructuring their lives in accordance with these ideas and shows how living altruistically often leads to greater personal fulfillment than living for oneself.

The Most Good You Can Do develops the challenges Singer has made to those who donate to the arts, and to charities focused on helping our fellow citizens, rather than those for whom we can do the most good. Effective altruists are extending our knowledge of the possibilities of living less selfishly and of allowing reason, rather than emotion, to determine how we live. The Most Good You Can Do offers new hope for our ability to tackle the world's most pressing problems.

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Absolutely Heart Expanding and Inspiring!

For all of us seeking to live in harmony with the planet with as little negative impact and maximum positive impact possible- this book is for you. It will get all your wheels turning.

Thought provoking ideas

a practical guide toward Peter Singer's utilitarianism and effective altruism.

unfortunately, narrator's volume fluctuated excessively.

Everyone should read this and take it to heart!

All that you can with such little is amazing! You will be fulfilled in giving what you can and following effective altruism.

A great reference

A philosopher of our time tackling important questions of our era and diving deeper into the ethical consideration. Adding animal welfare, medicine and more to help make the best decisions for the greater good

Not much new if you're already an Effective Altruist

There were only a handful of facts and statistics that stood out to me. I'm already a fan if EA, so I guess it's bot intended for me.