The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? | The Economist

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 16 Nov 2022 18:33:02 UTC All snapshots from host www.economist.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abusedonate Skip to content Menu Weekly edition Search Log in The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? A group of young idealists wanted to live the most ethical lives possible. Now some wonder whether the movement they joined has lost its moral compass Nov 15th 2022 Share By Linda Kinstler I n June 2017, Stern, a liberal German magazine, published an article, “Why your banker can save more lives than your doctor”, introducing readers to a social movement called effective altruism. The piece was about a 22-year-old called Carla Zoe Cremer who had grown up in a left-wing family on a farm near Marburg in the west of Germany, where she had taken care of sick horses. The story told of an “old Zoe” and a new one. The old Zoe sold fair-trade coffee and donated the profit to charity. She ran an anti-d

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 16 Nov 2022 18:33:02 UTC All snapshots from host www.economist.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abusedonate Skip to content Menu Weekly edition Search Log in The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? A group of young idealists wanted to live the most ethical lives possible. Now some wonder whether the movement they joined has lost its moral compass Nov 15th 2022 Share By Linda Kinstler I n June 2017, Stern, a liberal German magazine, published an article, “Why your banker can save more lives than your