And the our moral compass and altruism is our way through but how do make sure that our good intentions do not pave the road to hell i ask effective altruism evangelist professor of philosophy at Oxford University william mccaskill. William macaskill professor off the loss of a at Oxford University and the cofounder of the center of for effective altruism its really great to have you with us today welcome to our show well as case being i thank you for inviting me on so all right so the movement here associated with is called a sect of altruism i mean the very notion of this active altruism makes me wonder can altruism be ineffective or even harmful in what cases yes i think soundly isnt very often as ineffective or even harmful so there are many attempts where people try and do some out of good but actually end up. Achieving very little or just achieving far less than they could have done so for example or so that im in the United States called scared straight takes juvenile delinquent
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A couple of Dollars Per Day well they dont have the very very most basic lifesaving. You know medical treatments so a long lasting insecticide treated bed net costs just 4. 00 can for x. 2 children for 2 years. And statistically speaking youll save a life there for just a few 1000. 00 thats incredibly cheap whereas if youre trying to save a life and its currency then. You know some of these other causes youll be spending more like millions of dollars to save a life. Well other tourism is traditionally defined as unselfish behavior for the benefit of the others but its no secret like doing good for others it actually makes you feel good right and it gives you the sense of fulfillment selfrespect that you often look for do you agree that altruism has an element of egoism to it i mean even in this case the desire to just feel very good about oneself the reason for as being altruistic. Well i think we should divorce the idea of altruism some unselfish behavior if i can help lots of people
Over as Prime Minister following the resignation of the previous officeholders late on tuesday government buildings have been stormed by protest as is anger grows over sundays parliamentary election which is now being an old both u. S. Vice president ial nominees have reportedly tested negative for coronavirus hours before they go face to face in a televised debate clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and Commodore Harris as they spar for 90 minutes the handling of the pandemic is set to be a key topic but the president still recuperating at the white house for in the hospital stay with the virus germany and france have announced plans to sanction people they blame for the poisoning of russian opposition figures alexina valmy the countrys Foreign Ministers say moscow has failed to provide answers over the attempted murder of novelli who is a vocal critic of president Vladimir Putin is not yet clear who will be sanctioned but both countries say theyll share the list with othe