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The most direct method for comprehending a world in which not all human beings are homo economicus would therefore appear to involve a return to some version of the older tradition. However, why did the older tradition fail in the first place? After all, it seemed to ask some obvious and important questions. How could these questions simply be aban... See more
Peter Thiel • The Straussian Moment
Giving What We Can Community: Maximise your charitable impact
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Effective Altruists and finance theory - Marginal REVOLUTION
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money’s capacity to turn morality into a matter of impersonal arithmetic—and by doing so, to justify things that would otherwise seem outrageous or obscene.
David Graeber • Debt: The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded
This matters, argues economist Robert Frank, because ‘our beliefs about human nature help shape human nature itself’.
Kate Raworth • Doughnut Economics: The must-read book that redefines economics for a world in crisis
What is the purpose of what we’re setting out to make? Who is it for? What are they like? What is good for them? We shouldn’t just ask these questions to uncover strategic insights or check a box but to further our own accountability and growth—as individuals, and as a profession. How can we pursue moral design if we can’t compare our plans with ou... See more
Zack Bryant • Moral Design — Journey Group
morality is the key to understanding humanity.
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
Philosophers have long disagreed about whether it’s acceptable to harm one person in order to help or save several people. Utilitarianism is the philosophical school that says you should always aim to bring about the greatest total good, even if a few people get hurt along the way, so if there’s really no other way to save those five lives, go ahea
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