A communication from Harvard Effective Altruism: Hi altruists, Saturday, April 5th is a big day for EA at Harvard: we have three different awesome events for you! Our guest for the day, flying up from DC for the occasion, will be Dr. Eva Vivalt, the founder of AidGrade. AidGrade helps figure out what works in international…
Emotion, Reason and Altruism with Professor Joshua Greene Tuesday, March 11th, 7 PM, Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall Why do people have radically different opinions as to who to help and how? How can we get along with people who seem to fundamentally disagree with us about what to want? Professor Josh Greene addresses this and…
Harvard High Impact Philanthropy presents: Evaluating Effective Charities with Elie Hassenfeld of GiveWell How can you maximize the impact of your charitable giving? What distinguishes the most effective causes and organizations? Elie Hassenfeld, co-founder and co-Executive Director of GiveWell, will describe how his organization is revolutionizing charity evaluation with completely transparent, rigorous analysis. Q&A to follow. 8 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 12; Sever 102…
Harvard High Impact Philanthropy presents: Peter Singer on Effective Altruism Effective altruism is a new movement consisting of many individuals and several independent organizations, all focused on the deceptively simple idea that we should try to do as much good as we can. The existence of this movement raises many interesting questions, both practical and philosophical, which…
Harvard High-Impact Philanthropy presents Effective Altruism or Mobilization for Institutional Reform? a lecture by Thomas Pogge Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University Wednesday, October 9, 8 PM Sever 214 Professor Pogge will discuss whether some institutional reform efforts may be as effective or more effective…
