Getting it right (Part 1: Altruism) - Reflective altruism
Effective altruists often show admirable degrees of altruism.| Reflective altruism
Why do some people risk their own lives to help another person, or give away their fortunes for the benefit of strangers? This week, we talk with psychologist and neuroscientist Abigail Marsh, who studies the science of altruism. We’ll explore what’s known about the brains of people who perform acts of remarkable selflessness, and how the […] The post Radical Kindness appeared first on Hidden Brain Media.| Hidden Brain Media
Please go to this link to read this article in Portuguese.| Marsha Familaro Enright
Many have asked me to listen to an example of a Great Connections seminar discussion. Here is a recording of a discussion about Ayn Rand’s article “Altruism As Appeasement.“| Marsha Familaro Enright
Written by Ronald Merrill and Marsha Familaro Enright, and edited by Enright, Ayn Rand Explained is now available at Open Court Books, Amazon, on Kindle, and in bookstores everywhere. Ayn Rand and her ideas are in the news more than ever – 50+ years after her magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged, was published. What’s driving this … Continue reading "Ayn Rand Explained: From Tyranny to Tea Party"| Marsha Familaro Enright
It’s been a year since Stephen Moore’s article, “Atlas Shrugged: from Fiction to Fact in 52 Years,”seemed to ignite an explosion of interest in Ayn Rand. Sales of this prescient novel tripled; two Rand biographies have been selling like hotcakes; and references to her in the media have skyrocketed. Yet, some free-market defenders continue to … Continue reading "Can the free market be saved without Ayn Rand?"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Effective altruists often show admirable degrees of altruism.| Reflective altruism
How would you describe a great team without resorting to words like “high-performing” or “successful”? I am certain that you would come up with a few descriptive words, like…| The Blogging Terrier | Den bloggande terriern
Upon reflection, it is surprising to me that it took me so long to get interested in the academic field of ethics. I have been interested in and passionate about many issues in ethics since high sc…| What the Gospel Demands
Why is it so difficult for Christian men to rise up?| Σ Frame
Picture Susan: a woman sitting in front of her computer at home on Long Island, New York. Stirring her tea, she eagerly navigates to the homepage of a grassroots organization in her community that helps families with The post How Donors Decide: Lessons From a Year of Exploring Donor Attitudes on Long Island appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
Related: Cherish Thick Communities. What does it take to live a meaningful life? When everything is said and done, what will truly have mattered? Is it the accomplishments we achieved, the recognition we received, the legacy we left behind? Or is there something inherently meaningful in the lives we lead, the experiences we cherish, the […]| The Christian Rationalist
Summary: a less mathematical account of what I mean by “deserving trust”.| Andrew Critch
Summary: This is a tutorial on how to properly acknowledge that your decision heuristics are not local to your own brain, and that as a result, it is sometimes normatively rational for you to act in ways that are deserving of trust, for no other reason other than to have deserved that trust in the past.| Andrew Critch
Dear liberal American friends: please pair readings of liberal media with viewings of Fox news or other conservative media on the same topics. This will take work. They will say things you disagree with, using words you are unfamiliar with. You’ll have to stop scrolling down on Facebook and actively google phrases like “Trump executive order to protect America.” That may sound hard, but the integrity of your country depends on you doing it.| Andrew Critch
From an outside view, looking in at the Earth, if you noticed that human beings were about to replace themselves as the most intelligent agents on the planet, would you think it unreasonable if 1% of their effort were being spent explicitly reasoning about that transition? How about 0.1%?| Andrew Critch
I think donating to charity is great, especially if you make more than \$100k per year, placing you well past the threshold where your well-being depends heavily on income (somewhere around \$70k, depending on who does the analysis). I’ve been in that boat before, and donated more than 100% of my disposable income to charity. However, I was also particularly well-positioned to know where money should go at that time, which made donating particularly worth doing. I haven’t made any kind...| Andrew Critch
This is a submission to the Effective Altruism Criticism Contest. It was originally posted here.| The Chaostician
