
63: Phil Christman and Leah Libresco Sargeant on Effective Altruism
The Good Samaritan is an effective altruist in a retelling of Jesus' parable.
Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson · Plough
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Show Notes
The Good Samaritan and the effective Altruist meet in the retelling of Luke 10:30–37.
The movement that most recently hit the headlines with the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried deserves a more sympathetic treatment than it had on the last PloughCast we covered it on. What are its tenets, and how does it work as an ethical system?
Leah, who considers herself an effective altruist, leads Phil, Susannah, and Pete on a tour of Effective Altruism and its affiliated movements, including extreme long-termism and the mysterious world of the “postrats.”