Stefan Schubert, Lucius Caviola

Effective Altruism and the Human Mind (eBook, PDF)

The Clash Between Impact and Intuition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Each year, people donate billions to charities that are but a fraction as impactful as the most effective charities. Why is that? Why are people not helping others more effectively, as proposed by effective altruism? This book seeks to give a psychological explanation, drawing on decades of empirical research. It investigates the role of preferences, norms, and beliefs and shows how intuition can limit impact. The second part of the book shows how we can overcome these obstacles through information campaigns, incentivization techniques, and fundamental value change. It ends with a discussion of how we can use psychology to apply effective altruism in everyday life. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197757383
• Artikelnr.: 72261051

Autorenporträt

Stefan Schubert is a researcher in philosophy and moral psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He did his PhD at Lund University, Sweden, and has subsequently worked at the University of Oxford and LSE. In recent years, his research has focused on effective altruism and longtermism, broadly construed. Lucius Caviola is a moral psychologist at the University of Oxford and Harvard University. He completed his PhD in experimental psychology at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on moral attitudes and decision-making in pro-social contexts, including charitable giving, moral circle expansion, and societal risk reduction.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Obstacles
Chapter 1: The Norms of Giving
Chapter 2: Neglecting the Stakes
Chapter 3: Distant Causes and Nearsighted Feelings
Chapter 4: Tough Prioritizing
Chapter 5: Misconceptions About Effectiveness
Part 2: Interventions
Chapter 6: Information, Nudges, and Incentives
Chapter 7: Finding the Enthusiasts
Chapter 8: Fundamental Value Change
Chapter 9: Effective Altruism for Mortals