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Lunch Lecture: Ineffective Altruism with Stefan Schubert (LSE)
May 16, 2023 @ 10:15
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The Puzzle of Ineffective Altruism: A Lunch Lecture with Stefan Schubert (LSE)
Effective altruists strive to do good effectively. To achieve that, it helps to have certain virtues or character traits that are conducive to effectiveness. In this lecture, Stefan discusses what those virtues are. He argeus that effective altruists should respect common sense virtues like integrity and honesty, but that they should, in addition to that, also cultivate a number of virtues that are characteristic of effective altruism: effectiveness-focus, truth-seeking, collaborativness, determination, moderate altruism, and moral expansiveness.
Stefan Schubert is a researcher at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, working in the intersection of moral psychology and philosophy. Stefan focuses on psychological questions of relevance to effective altruism, such as why our altruistic actions are often ineffective, and why we don’t invest more in safe-guarding our common future. He also have previously worked at University of Oxford and the Centre for Effective Altruism. Stefan set up the Swedish Network for Evidence-Based Policy, and has developed tools alongside clearerthinking.org, including argument-checking of opinion pieces and political debates.First 25 signups receive Lunch!
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