Schadenfreude is a survival emotion that activates pleasure circuits and decreases pain. So does altruism, if you make it accessible.

When I say I'm raising my puppy to be a service dog and will give him away, people always ask me how I could do that? The ...

Effective altruism took off in 2011 when Scottish-born philosopher William MacAskill was inspired by a 1972 essay called “Famine, Affluence and Morality,” by Australian bioethicist Peter ...

‘Effective altruism’ isn’t as newfangled as it seems Times have changed since the days of Carnegie and Rockefeller, but much in philanthropy has remained the same ...

Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at an advanced stage due to vague symptoms like bloating and pelvic pain, making early detection critical for improved survival and treatment outcomes.

Altruism is not a government program. Compelled sacrifice is a very real possibility when the people have granted authority to a representative government, but there is no duty-bound obligation to ...

Had effective altruism’s “consequentialist” bent — crudely, the idea that the ends justify the means — driven Bankman-Fried to extreme risk in the service of some eventual greater good?

Altruism may exist in honey bees, which is inherited through their mothers: study A new study suggests not only that honey bees can be altruistic, but that it is a maternal genetic trait ...

Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct The swift downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried brings unnecessary suspicion on a valuable form of philanthropy.

Contrary to Herzog’s assertion that effective altruism approaches social change from the basis of what’s ‘rational’ according to individual preferences, we prioritize coordination and ...

Altruism values for treatments of rare, severe pediatric diseases have not been estimated. This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be ...

Effective altruism, a 21st-century movement that encourages individuals to do the most good by donating to cost-effective causes, has been damaged by the collapse of FTX, which had funneled game ...