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#11 – Eve McCormick on Effective Altruism
Episode 11

#11 – Eve McCormick on Effective Altruism

We discuss effective altruism with Eve McCormick.

Hear This Idea · Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti

June 20, 20201h 4m

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Show Notes

Eve McCormick is the co-director of Effective Altruism Cambridge and a grant recipient from the Centre for Effective Altruism.

In this episode we discuss

  • What 'effective altruism' is all about;
  • Philosphical arguments for doing the most good;
  • Key concepts and cause areas;
  • Common criticisms

You can read much more on this episode's accompanying write-up hearthisidea.com/episodes/Eve.

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