Donald Griswold’s Abundant, which screens this summer, spotlights the motives for anonymous kidney donors.

That last question is relevant because Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest financial supporters and media promoters of effective altruism, in its own words, “a research field and practical ...

When we refer to the “Good Old Days” or talk about old-fashioned values, we are usually reminiscing about some good event or method of doing something that is no longer done today. Actually, ...

Altruism is unselfish concern for the welfare of others. Like ‘empathy’, ‘altruism’ is a modern term, coined by the philosopher Auguste Comte (d. 1857) from the French autrui, which itself ...

The greater good has been the focus of his work for more than a decade, since he helped start the effective altruism (EA) movement, which aims to use evidence and reason to find the best ways of ...

“Effective altruism” is characterised by a particular reliance on data and logic. The movement has not imploded with Mr Bankman-Fried. The Centre for Effective Altruism (cea), a think ...

Regarding Andy Kessler’s “‘Effective Altruism’ Is Neither” (Inside View, July 25): Effective altruism begins with a simple question: “How does one do the most good?” At its heart ...

Kelsey Piper is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired section on the world’s biggest challenges. She explores wide-ranging topics like climate change ...

Talk of movements makes me nervous. The latest swirling in tech world is “effective altruism.” Elon Musk had a brush with it. Its biggest proponent is crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried ...

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 ...